Mr. Truth,

2046 andolan brought education to much wider population. Private investment went sky racketing, and you could see highschools and 10+2s everywhere. Private colleges opened everywhere. Technical schools were everywhere. The foreign embassy based scholarships were the only access for higher education before 2046,  and in post 2046 era these scholarships became peanuts in new Nepal. How? Its open market system after  2046 andolan. Believe it or not. If you don't accept, then you don't know anything in Nepal before 2046.

Let me give you a few examples: just after completion of my undergraduate education, I was leaving for Bangkok for another level of study, I needed a passport. I went to one minister to another for a recommendation just to get a passport, and I had to pass through "reco from a minister = so called security check". Then, I had to go to NRB and fill out a lengthy form, and I had a quota of 150 USD (ceiling). Then, I had to find a minister to get another 150 USD, and it was upper limit for special purpose. 300 USD was upper limit for students going to any Asian country, and it was 1500 USD for those going to America for higher studies (how will you imagine to study in your private money, other than scholarship: one of my brother in law says that you never had DUKHA, because you always studied in other's money, true. How many could get such a chance: life long scholarships.). Imagine the money you bring today when you land here for the first time. If you are in Undergraduate, you need atleast 10,000 for the first year, if you want to join a cheapest university. What would you do with 1500 USD? At the same time, Saradh Chandra Shah to Dhirendra shah were traveling using the NRB's vast foreign courrency resource.

Immediately after 2046, first surge was to go to Russia, because Nepalis were there in Russia before 2046 as well under cultural seats from Russian (then USSR) govt, and fee was very cheap. Hardly any one knew that you can afford your education in US universities: there are 4,000 universities in US, tuition fee ranges from 100 USD per credit to as much 2000 USD. So, it needed sometime to steer the Russia headed mass to US. A large number of Nepalis graduated from Russia between 2046  to 2052, and some of them are here in US, too.

Then, next lot went to Philipines and Thailand. Thired surge started in Japan after 1995, first as Japanese language student, and then as Graduate students. Fourth surge and final surge was to land in US. Nebraska was one of the hot land, minnesota, iowa ....slowly today you can find Nepalis are pride of most of the low cost private universities in US. The fee matters. I keep hearing that they work 60 hours per week + 20 hours offered by university, why they want to pay fee, have cars, and pay the money they brought from Nepal in loan. One of Pokhareli bhai recently told me that he sent 10,000 USD to nepal just in two years to pay back the loans that his father had, who suspended the construction of his new house. When I asked, hey how are doing, are OK, and he tells his story. He does not have spare time. It is making him a strong man, a real American man. He is not an isolated case. In the meantime, many of them switch one university / community college to another in the search of quality education, and cost to their reach. If they can find a loan provider, I bet they won't deserve these community colleges, they would have gone to state universities. And, I am looking for some diaspora who is multimillionaire, and creats a foundation to pay tuition fees on these young energetic kids' higher education. In this case, Indians are helping a lot, though you might call it exploit, and I will call it a win win situation. I worked in Virginia Tech for one year, I was paid only 50% of the promised amount, and I could not make any complain, and everyone I talked denied it an exploitation, but called it win win for both of us. So, we have to work hard, make less complain, keep working. One day, our critical mass will reach here in US, and we will have surprises. I simply don't know my son can have surprises to me, he always surprise me, and is far beyond what I think of him. We are waiting for surprises, and 2046 andolan is gate way to these surprises.

GP