People should be proud of what we did as people: any achievement for mankind or any epitome of hard work. It befits the Japanese to be proud of their technology, Germans of their engineering, Americans of their capitalism etc. etc. To shout loud to be proud of the inanimate is shameful and shameless has always been a Nepalese tradition.
this above statement contradicts his own theory. He says people should be proud of what they do and Gurkhas did do something -  they showed such bravery due to which Nepal is known as land of the brave far and wide.

 And I never understood why we have to be proud of Buddha or Everest in the first place! Everest just happened to be here. It was a natural
outcome of tectonic shifts. Nepalese didn't lift it or carried it to where it is now.

It is true about tectonic plates but fortunately it is in Nepal now and its been there for thousands of years and it has become part of our history and heritage and it is some heritage one should be proud of. remember, without history and heritage - YOU ARE NOBODY.

as for Lord Buddha - doesn't matter if nepalese are not die hard fans of Buddhism, what matters is he is, was and always be a NEPALI and now that is another thing to be proud of.

However, I truely agree with your cynicism towards Nepali attitude. AMEN!