Posted by: kanchu! December 11, 2010
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Suman ji,
If you are the same person of 6.30 news " yo radio nepal ho aba suman kharel bata samachar sunnuhos", let me tell you I love your voice. if not never mind.
I think, you are putting yourself in paradoxical situation at the same time, I feel that you are going thru some sort of anger and pain. If you have accepted US citizenship, then on a legal and formal ground you do not have right to call yourself " Nepali". It is different thing if you feel yourself very much nepali within yourself, which you do, and many Nepalese who accepted US citizenship also feel the same way. And nor you should try to defend your act just because you feel very much Nepali inside. This is where your argument I find little paradoxical. You can still contribute to the development of country-at the same time your right as a Nepali is now limited-for example if you are capable person getting into politics or capable of holding influencing position , you will not have that right. You can not represent Nepal (on a legal ground) formally.
We can go on and on have subjective arguments, but from objective point of view, it was your choice to have US citizenship (meaning not be legal Nepali). If you have some sort guilt or remorse, and you are not yourself convinced about your action then this thing might hunt you again and again. If you are convinced, there is no reason you should try to convince other by words saying that you are very much Nepali within yourself, rather your action should be directed towards that direction.
Couple of example, there are so much of media uproar about Udit Narayan about his citizenship, and Udit still carries Nepali passport. I do not know, how much he is really nepali or does he represent Nepali in Bombay- let pudit to decide. At the sometime, Lila Bdr. Chettri, Indra Bdr. Rai, Parijat, Ranjit Gajmer, Gopal Yonjen were not born Nepali, but we so much appreciate their contribution in Literary fields. I do not think Lila Bdr Chettri, Indra Bdr rai gave of their indian citizenship, yet their contribution on Nepali literature so huge.
While citizenship should not be only a parameter to measure whether that person is nepali or not, at the same time, if you have given up your Nepali citizenship to have US citizenship, regardless of many practical reasons, on a moral ground you should not claim yourself being a true Nepali. Tomorrow, if you and your kin will make any contribution to Nepal, Nepali will definitely accolade that. If possible, think that way and be positive.
With that said, I would say take it easy, this issue about convincing yourself not asking opinion of others.
If you are the same person of 6.30 news " yo radio nepal ho aba suman kharel bata samachar sunnuhos", let me tell you I love your voice. if not never mind.
I think, you are putting yourself in paradoxical situation at the same time, I feel that you are going thru some sort of anger and pain. If you have accepted US citizenship, then on a legal and formal ground you do not have right to call yourself " Nepali". It is different thing if you feel yourself very much nepali within yourself, which you do, and many Nepalese who accepted US citizenship also feel the same way. And nor you should try to defend your act just because you feel very much Nepali inside. This is where your argument I find little paradoxical. You can still contribute to the development of country-at the same time your right as a Nepali is now limited-for example if you are capable person getting into politics or capable of holding influencing position , you will not have that right. You can not represent Nepal (on a legal ground) formally.
We can go on and on have subjective arguments, but from objective point of view, it was your choice to have US citizenship (meaning not be legal Nepali). If you have some sort guilt or remorse, and you are not yourself convinced about your action then this thing might hunt you again and again. If you are convinced, there is no reason you should try to convince other by words saying that you are very much Nepali within yourself, rather your action should be directed towards that direction.
Couple of example, there are so much of media uproar about Udit Narayan about his citizenship, and Udit still carries Nepali passport. I do not know, how much he is really nepali or does he represent Nepali in Bombay- let pudit to decide. At the sometime, Lila Bdr. Chettri, Indra Bdr. Rai, Parijat, Ranjit Gajmer, Gopal Yonjen were not born Nepali, but we so much appreciate their contribution in Literary fields. I do not think Lila Bdr Chettri, Indra Bdr rai gave of their indian citizenship, yet their contribution on Nepali literature so huge.
While citizenship should not be only a parameter to measure whether that person is nepali or not, at the same time, if you have given up your Nepali citizenship to have US citizenship, regardless of many practical reasons, on a moral ground you should not claim yourself being a true Nepali. Tomorrow, if you and your kin will make any contribution to Nepal, Nepali will definitely accolade that. If possible, think that way and be positive.
With that said, I would say take it easy, this issue about convincing yourself not asking opinion of others.