It is easy to say anything when you are a tourist. I doubt the foreigners would say the same  things, if he/she had to live there forever.
I agree with you..the other side of Nepal is beautiful, the caring people, family ethos etc etc. But don't you think that there needs to be a balance.

You say:

"our
social characteristics, especially in the villages far from highway, in
spite of hardship and hunger, embody a beauty, which we can hardly
imagine in a society infested with consumerism, materialism, commercial
values (no sarcasm to these either, i am part of it)"

I doubt anyone in the world can be happy and satisfied when they are hungry. When there is hardship, i can understand--but hungry I don't know.