Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} After SLC I went thorough my fathers book case there I found a 60 page book published in 1960 and written by Tenzing. It was almost 15 yrs ago but I still remember some from the book they are. 1. His family may have migrated from Tibet in early 1900 ( he was told this story by his parents) 2. He was born in Thame ot Thynabochey 3.They were poor so when he was teen age he went to Darjeeling to earn living. His mother was living in Thame or Thyanbochey (i don't remember which one) 3. When he was in Darjeeling he worked as a labor and other type of works. 4. Hillary expedition team was looking for a guide/Varia for their team. 5 Tenzing was a natural choice because he was from Mountain area of Nepal/ young/hard working/and was in good shape. 6. On their way to Everest his mother who was living in (Thame/Thyanbochey) came to see him. 7. In that book he said he loved his village in Nepal very much but regrets the economical condition that pushed him out of the village. 8. After the climb there were some celebration in KTM and he went to UK and when he returned he visited Nehru who offered him citizenship of India (ppl still to that type of things for celebrities) and offered him a director position in yet to be established mounteering school in Darjeeling. He accepted it because a) after this fame he can’t go to the same old business of laboring in Darjeeling b) Darjeeling was the palace where he spent his youth and had few gf. c) The offer was wonderful for him and he had nothing else. The situation is almost like most of the nepricans. who were born in Nepal spend their first 18 yrs in Nepal then come to US, studying/working and finally get green card. Now tell me who are you?? a Nepali?? Or a US?? I think it is not the problem of who is who. Its the problem of sentimental ppl from two different countries. Indians always want to prove that they are great ppl they and love to give example Budhha is theirs, the guy who concurred Everest for the first time is theirs and this blah blah goes on. In my opinion Indians have integrity complex so to get rid of this they always boast they are such and such great ppl. Indians also always want some sort of certificate of their greatness especially from westerners. Three months ago I met a Indian guy who was 27 yrs old and was doing pilot course. At the same time he was also working as a painter and making lots of money. One day he told me that Laxmi Mittal had told Indian govt that he will pay off all the external debt of India if India agrees to put his face in Indian currency instead of Gandhi's. And yahoo was founded by an Indian. Majority of educated Indians are like this guy. 70% of all the Indians I met are like that. 15% don’t care and rest 15% are very fine, this is my personal experience though.

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