Nepalese people currently working and living in developed countries, including me, tend to take things here for granted at times. When you get to watch videos like this we should consider ourselves rather fortunate. Politicians in Nepal publicly expressing their intent to bar recruitment of Gurkhas is nothing but a nationalistic-sounding rhetoric. Gurkhas recruitment is perhaps the oldest and the most stable form of foreign employment in the nation's history and these jobs even provide decent benefits and pensions. As a testament to that, visit places like Dharan, Chitwan, and Pokhara. These relatively more prosperous areas of Nepal can be directly attributed to the Gurkhas and you can really see the trickle-down effect there. When politicians say Gurkhas should not serve in foreign armies, that just reveals their myopic view. All adults should be allowed to decide their own career paths so that they can provide for their family. If a day comes when foreign employment should become illegal in Nepal, then the workers that need to be rescued first would be the female sex-workers in red light areas in India and the ones working in sub-human conditions in the Gulf countries. But above all, putting the rhetorics aside the one and only thing that the Nepali politicians need to be doing is fostering a stable government and adopting policies that can create well-paying jobs at home itself. A decently paying job is all every foreign-bound Nepali is after.

GeetMaiJawaafDiu? · Jun 6, 2012 8:17 AM

 Does this mean the Saudi's are to be blamed for the beheading of 12 Nepalese in Iraq and not the manpower?

hilllguy · Jun 6, 2012 11:19 AM

Politician and politics of a country supposed to address these problems. They take oath for that. In democracy as  Abraham Lincoln once said it should be by the people for the people to the people but our political leaders inspired by a book written in 18th century always say by the book to the book for the book or by the party, to the party for the party. and nothing for the people. Instead of addressing the peoples problem they are determined to divide the country based on ethnicity. To lead a country one need vision, dedication and devotion , This is  very difficult  for leaders of Nepal. Instaed they are determined to divide the country based on ethnicity protraying this  as a ethnic liberation as proclaimed in thir book. ethenic division of country offcouse will create jobs for few hundreds greedy politicians but there will be no effect for common people except for short lived excitement. In four years a lot could have been done but they wasted the time.These Leaders always trying to rule Nepalese using fear tactice like " khas are the culprit," " we need ethenic liberation" or "King will make a come back" etc. They dont have plan, and even if they have theoritical rehoteric plans they dont know how to execute it. What we need to do is stop obeying  these political leaders. Asking them for accountibility in public. If many of us question their credibility one day they will be forced to quit their dirty politics and new leadership which is open  and accountible to the public will emerge.

_____ · Jun 6, 2012 12:19 PM

Sickening is an understatement. 

riddle · Jun 6, 2012 12:23 PM

the more i speak to my frens in nepal the sicker i feel about the situation.  Last night my fren said there is taxi driver gang who run the streets.  they rob you, take your phone if you are lucky if not expect worse....so what is this country headed to ? Our leaders want to start a ethnic war/cleansing where no one wins - everyone loses.  Can someone come up and stop this insanity? 

mucho_fiesta · Jun 7, 2012 8:21 AM