Posted by: Homeyji July 20, 2011
Time Magazine: Can Nepal Sell Itself as a Gay-Wedding Destination?
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Yes, but what is sad through all of this is the cheapening of what it means to be a Nepali or Nepal.

Nepali women are whoring themselves for the pleasure of foreigners (in Mumbai's red light district as well as in Thamel, among other places).

Nepali tourism is whoring itself to foreign dictates even though it may not be Nepali cultural standards.

What does that tell us?

What it comes down to is that we are cheapening our own culture and our people so that foreigners will buy it. Instead of being able to sell our product based on our own standards: "Nepal based on our own Nepali values," we are selling Nepalese and Nepal to foreigners based on what they will pay us for.

Why don't Nepal and Nepalese have the power to bargain for our "services and products" based on our own standards?
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