no no Sir i did not say they were happy they looked happy...did i? you might want to check my words again. what i said was people i met were poor, but still they shared their food, gave me place to retire for that day, and took care of my illness. they were not rich but had enough to offer for someone like me. this is no an odd case to exemplify beauty of our community. this has been tradition in our rural life since centuries, but, sadly slowly fading away with commercialization. same people same tradition same values will take care of doko bokeko dai when he feels thirsty, when he needs help…he is not alone there! my views were directed towards these values- ABSOLUTE BEAUTY!

however, like said earlier and agreeing with you, people living there need to be looked after for many, to be provided with basic such as safe water, to be uplifted out of hardship, but, HOW? running water in each household in the capital is still nowhere from happening despite millions of hours already been spent on bad and good side of Melamchi, not to mention billions of rupees already being drained off! considering this, most of us wonder the impossible..dream on the impossible when we think of providing safe water alone to each community in rest of the country, forget the road and other needs!

to be positive, Another Dude from your blog talked about Sikkim and Darjiling, good examples indeed, irrespective of its political existence, to take on as role models. The geology is same as that of ours- the alluvial mass on the top of most mountains if we leave out the snowy himalayan. The socio-cultural identities and issues are almost identical. Yet, unlike the corridor of Prithwi highway, roads are rarely blocked there in Sikkim and Darjeeling, no matter how heavy is the rainfall. This is very much identical to that of our own i.e. Tribhwan Highway- no major landslide, which is not the case in Mugling. Well there are many things we can do and thus thereby serve the people and the nation, but when you have maobadi in the government, the party responsible for the demise of thousands, and led by prachanda, who looks worried for his hair and look, least we can expect! my thoughts..