Posted by: syanjali July 2, 2009
Negativity is our culture/attitude
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No matter where we go we have the same brain we had in Nepal, just added education not wisdom.


I do not know how long ago we had cast system, so far my understanding, in VEDS not mentioned about untouchable. As the cast system took major part of our social system we started differentiating our self as supreme to others, initially it was cast and their wealth, Physical/Power (Shiva is taken as part of our god because he was as powerful as Brahma, Vishnu), later educated to non educated specially those who had knowledge of Sanskrit started making bigger differences in the cast system. Actually British followed "Divide and Rule" from Hinduism/ us.


This kind of discrimination is widely seen and felt in rural area but not apart in Katmandu city. I may be wrong but some how we always look other people down. Those who studied science and get engineer degree or doctor are superior because they are the backbone of Nepal, and those who study history and liberal arts are value less, we believed education gives knowledge and wisdom, new way of thinking, sense and act of behaving well. It did not. We love to scold and shout to poor a person, which is why we always shout on “ Marciya" especially in Katmandu valley (Example), similar ways in rural areas.


Nepalese students did not get and are not getting equal opportunity to get same level of education ( it is not possible in any part of the world) but the difference should not be that wide.  Those who live in city got better education and those who had wealth got opportunity to go to privet school in Nepal or abroad, those who were in government job made money working out of ethics got a chance to sent to privet and better school, made them quiet different than other. Those who lived in rural area are always weaker, they just do not go to school but has much responsibility other than  school. Their schooling is not a full time job rather a secondary job , why you compare with them being the best????? You did not know how to make a cup of tea until you were home, did you?


I have a question to them who are very proud of their education and going abroad (first division student are better students and go abroad), if they were in the same circumstance and situation of those rural students, were you be able to go to abroad or even go to Katmandu and get the same level of education?.  


One Question I had always in my mind, some of the student who are proud of being in ABROAD and getting excellent education and excelling. Have you ever figure out how your parent made/ accumulate enormous amount of wealth in short period of time and if you see that was created out of ethics (corruption), have you ever regretted on your parents did?????????????? I do not think you do, because of it (corruption), they were able to achieve this level? Now corruption is widely spread  and socially accepted, I should not be saying it is an issue, if it is part of society. I think it is an issue of those poor people who has to pay and did not get a chance to enjoy it. 


My point is discrimination and demoralization is part of our cultural. You went to abroad with the same brain; acquired knowledge but not wisdom that is why.


Thank you for getting bored.


 

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