Posted by: GuitarDaku December 21, 2011
Serving Nepal despite unhelpful parents
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NayaJivan,

Times have changed a lot. What's true and right for the previous generation is not true and right for this generation.
Hypocrisy is rampant everywhere in the world. (What you were describing is hypocrisy essentially)
A lot of people will go the ghus route while there will be a small minority who will not go the ghus route.

It looks like your conversation with your father has taken a new face?

In its skeleton, now the argument is "Why do things for others when they themselves will not do those things for you, if they were in your situation?"

That's a hypothetical situation. It is also a rationalization. I have no answer to this as it is pure speculation. I don't know if the orphan you gave money to and became a healthcare IT guy in the US, will go back to Nepal to serve Nepali people. There is no guarantee for sure.

Personally, ending everything in the US and moving anywhere is quite a harsh decision. I am more of a gradual kinda guy myself.

I'd build my network from the US (which might take 6 months to a year depending on my diligence). Go to nepal to work for a couple of weeks or a month. And slowly learn the landscape and keep growing my work and my network. This is a slow process but there's no need for a fast track. What you are looking for is effectiveness and the right way to do things. Good things do take time.
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