Posted by: Agnibikram January 18, 2011
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Bio, you make a number of good points but again, what you and someone like newStudent are failing to realize is Kathmandu isn't the same as it was during the insurgency. Kathmandu's gotten worse and is beyond repair now. The country is likely to impose 20 hours of load-shedding from next year and no matter what we did, we are going to have loadshedding for at least another 5 years. Sure, there are ways of getting by things, rescheduling, making a different routine etc but the fact remains, life does become miserable.
Please come visit Nepal this year and try to relate to the Nepal of mid 2000s. There's a massive difference.
And in all fairness, all it comes down to is this - if you have a decent job in the US, there's no way you're going to abandon it to return back. Because if some mishap occurred, you'll be left ruing for the rest of your life. Now if you're from a decent family and failed to do something big there, you'd definitely return back to Nepal as comparatively, you're way better off over here.
Now for someone who comes from a relatively "poor" family, no matter what you're doing in the US, there's no way back. Absolutely none. When will you earn enough money to build a house, take care of your family, ride decent vehicles and dress well when you're making such a "feeble" figure?
Its always easy to lecture people and exaggerate about things when you're not partaking the risk. For a established person in the US, its pretty convenient to say things like, well if you're talented enough, no matter where you go, you'll succeed. But what of my buddy who topped his University? He's earning 14k/year, has been working for almost 2 years and still can't afford to buy a damn motorbike! Compare his situation with a gas station attendant in the US. You should get my message!
Please come visit Nepal this year and try to relate to the Nepal of mid 2000s. There's a massive difference.
And in all fairness, all it comes down to is this - if you have a decent job in the US, there's no way you're going to abandon it to return back. Because if some mishap occurred, you'll be left ruing for the rest of your life. Now if you're from a decent family and failed to do something big there, you'd definitely return back to Nepal as comparatively, you're way better off over here.
Now for someone who comes from a relatively "poor" family, no matter what you're doing in the US, there's no way back. Absolutely none. When will you earn enough money to build a house, take care of your family, ride decent vehicles and dress well when you're making such a "feeble" figure?
Its always easy to lecture people and exaggerate about things when you're not partaking the risk. For a established person in the US, its pretty convenient to say things like, well if you're talented enough, no matter where you go, you'll succeed. But what of my buddy who topped his University? He's earning 14k/year, has been working for almost 2 years and still can't afford to buy a damn motorbike! Compare his situation with a gas station attendant in the US. You should get my message!