Posted by: Rewire December 31, 2008
Nepali Video By American Teen ..Missing Nepal...Touching Words....Watchhh And, Comment...
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Don't we have enough hippies-view about our country already? since the dawn of cheap hashish from the 60s, many westerners have descended on our country and have expressed so many fond memories with clinches like "I love Nepal, Namaste(with a thick accent), Buddism is so cool. Om Shanti ". With all due respect, I love these people too but my view sways a bit from there. We're now spoiled with those positive thinkers and their messages about us, how they and what they spread around the world about us, which we know is not the real story. We are offended if someone expose the real truth but are fine with "Namaste-I love Nepal" attitude. So what a hippie likes our country and finds peace and loving people in there? Ask yourself, is that for real? I would rather see some Westerners point their fingers to our problems, weaknesses and expose the dark side of our society to the world. If nothing else, we'd be at least on the news. News about Darfur, Congo and other African nations are all over western news, everyday ,but nothing about Nepal, given the fact we're as poor as them and we too have problems with war, crimes, poverty and political unrest. So simply someone made a heart touching documentary does not make us better or solve any of our problem (might make us feel better for a while, then what?). Exposure of our plight is more important than simply sympathizing us. Period.

I'm sorry to say that this girl is going to be a globe trotting new age hippie with those view about a country from her few weeks of stay in Nepal. Enough of this Westerns who always pour positive language at our misery. These are the same people who visit Nepal after 20 years and finds things CHANGED and complain about it saying "It's not like what it used to be". They do not want us to change and are shocked when they see cars in the same village since it has ruined their vacation now, they expected it to be the same like 20 years ago. What these kind-loving people do not realize is that their civilization has been driving cars and polluting the earth for more than 100 years and now when Indians are getting rich and driving cars, they think it has CHANGED. I applaud her effort for the video, but I would have to say THANKS but NO THANKS.

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