Posted by: Vivant January 24, 2013
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Yes, our perspectives about Nepal may be influenced by where we currently live. It feels you are more informed by the perspectives of women who are already outside the country. That's perfectly acceptable - after all there are two sides to this issue and people have reasons to feel the way they do. Some of those fears and doubts you state are understandable but in order to get a real and accurate perspective we also need to talk about what is changing . I admit all is not rosy in Nepal - both for women and men. Far from it, we have a lot of problems that need fixing. However, the ground reality of Nepal is that inequities are being addressed and there are plenty of people - not rich people - but mostly middle class and lower middle class - who are serving society in their own ways and fixing it's short-comings. These are people who did not run-away from the problems around them but chose to confront them head-on. You could argue their voices carry more weight than the voices of those who fled to escape their problems in the material comforts of other places.
As for the rich, there aren't too many of them in Nepal. It feels as if they have all left for the shores of America. And bless their hearts they demand rights for Nepal's poor from the comfort of their arm-chairs and think anyone who is content in Nepal must be rich. If there is such a thing as a distorted picture, it is that picture that tends to look at everything about Nepal in caricature, uses poverty, inequity and lack of opportunity as excuses to justify one's absence from the country, and essentially lays the blame for Nepal's problems on everyone but themselves. For every politician who is blamed for mismanaging the country, there are a thousand Nepalese who either voted for him or fled the country and allowed him to run around with impunity.
As I said earlier, Nepal is not for everyone and I don't advocate a return for those who don't want to. Better to stay put where you are happy. My whole objective has been to challenge what I think are inaccurate, unfair and misinformed pictures of Nepal so that those seeking to return can make informed decisions.
Good day and Jai Nepal!
Yes, our perspectives about Nepal may be influenced by where we currently live. It feels you are more informed by the perspectives of women who are already outside the country. That's perfectly acceptable - after all there are two sides to this issue and people have reasons to feel the way they do. Some of those fears and doubts you state are understandable but in order to get a real and accurate perspective we also need to talk about what is changing . I admit all is not rosy in Nepal - both for women and men. Far from it, we have a lot of problems that need fixing. However, the ground reality of Nepal is that inequities are being addressed and there are plenty of people - not rich people - but mostly middle class and lower middle class - who are serving society in their own ways and fixing it's short-comings. These are people who did not run-away from the problems around them but chose to confront them head-on. You could argue their voices carry more weight than the voices of those who fled to escape their problems in the material comforts of other places.
As for the rich, there aren't too many of them in Nepal. It feels as if they have all left for the shores of America. And bless their hearts they demand rights for Nepal's poor from the comfort of their arm-chairs and think anyone who is content in Nepal must be rich. If there is such a thing as a distorted picture, it is that picture that tends to look at everything about Nepal in caricature, uses poverty, inequity and lack of opportunity as excuses to justify one's absence from the country, and essentially lays the blame for Nepal's problems on everyone but themselves. For every politician who is blamed for mismanaging the country, there are a thousand Nepalese who either voted for him or fled the country and allowed him to run around with impunity.
As I said earlier, Nepal is not for everyone and I don't advocate a return for those who don't want to. Better to stay put where you are happy. My whole objective has been to challenge what I think are inaccurate, unfair and misinformed pictures of Nepal so that those seeking to return can make informed decisions.
Good day and Jai Nepal!
Last edited: 24-Jan-13 03:11 PM