NK Posted on 04-18-02 9:21 AM Reply | Notify Me I have the same question as Vagabound has. It appears you only need to be a doctor (_BP and Hahooguru's list) to be an "accomplished Nepali." What a joke if not pathetic. Aren't we setting the bars too low becuase we are garib khana napaune Nepali so having a Ph.D. and a M.D. is a great event for us? Is it enough to have our name on the "Most Accomplished Nepali" List because we got a degree? What are these people's contibution to society? What have they done so far except going to school and getting a Ph.D. and working in the US, Japan, various parts of Europe? I don't see much difference between these people and a dishwasher who is working in a Punjabi Dhaba in Jackson height. All economic migrants and nothing to be ashamed of at the same time nothing to be proud of. It just is. if that engineer has indeed done something importand in her field then definitely she should be on the list. And yes, I would put Samrat's name on the List. He has given a face, a Nepali face, in the vast sea of innumerable South East Asian writers. Now we are not known only so called Bir Gurkha who used to work for peanuts in the British Army and be grateful, a sherpa porter who is happy to carry our white masters burden, we can write too! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- garib nepali ID: 48513115 Posted on 04-18-02 11:34 AM Reply | Notify Me ow about managers and president of NGO. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- cyberpal ID: 16484365 Posted on 04-18-02 12:16 PM Reply | Notify Me men NK I'm with you on this one. Getting a degree from a good school in whatever field does not really tentamount to being an accomplished Nepali. Also we should take into account the "hmm... here's an applicant from Nepal how interesting " factor in getting into a good school in the first place. As a side note, we still seem to harbor medical profession as some sort of devine profession. This is one of my pet peevs so let me rant on it a little more. This is the only profession I know where one peer addresses another with the Dr. title (well maybe also among Ph. D holders too in international organizations). I was chatting with my cousin kid the other day about this summer vacation plans and guess what he is doing -- visiting this Dr. uncle. As that guy in 20/20 would say -- give me a break. Before people slam with banalities let it be known -- i'm not really one of those ER watching doctor wannabes who couldn't be one. All I'm saying is damn it its just another profession.