Posted by: newStudent January 18, 2011
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Interestingly, I was thinking about going back, and I ran into these comments here.
In fact, I am a borderline case-- I may make about same amount of money if I stay here as I would in Nepal. Some of my friends have made tons of money lately back home, and are riding good cars, and I have been wondering, if I think I am good, and if those jerks are successful in what they are doing, why not me? With US education, shouldn't I be confident about running successful business in KTM?
If merchandises are expensive in KTM, there must be people who can afford them. In fact, there must be lots of people who can afford them. Who are those people? It can't be that the handful of MPs or ministers are the only consumers of these shops. There has to be thousands. Probably These people are successful businessmen. Even in the states, only businessmen are very rich, others have to work their ass off to pay off their house loan anyway. (How many years does it take to pay off a house loan in New York?) After thirty years of working my ass off for white people, what will I be left with? Crumpled skins and wistful look at my youth? And, going back to the consumer base of stuffs in KTM, if there are a lot of people who can buy cars, those fancy apartments, houses, goods, then I am sure the system exists where you can be one of those people. With US education, I am assuming I will find some way to crack into these elite groups. Of course, I am walking around with mediocrity, then it wouldn't matter whether I am here or in Nepal, I will be miserable soul, looked down upon by successful men and grinding my way to the end of the life.
Another thing is, often successful people don't complain and failures have thousands of complaint and they are loud. If someone leaves Nepal after DV shutting up his business in Nepal, then it is evident that his business was not going anywhere, and here in the states he will have one thousand reasons to badmouth Nepal. My friends shrug off the problems caused by corruption (yes, it is there, but we know how to manuevre around it). In fact, there are some good things too. In Nepal, if you make money in doing business, you make money, you hardly bother about paying tax. (Just pay some minimum). Run private schools? All profits are yours. Run trading office? All profits are yours. The income tax is like 25% if you are listed as an employee. Interest gain tax is 6%. These things point to an environment where you should think about some kind of business rather than looking for job. And business opportunies are aplenty, of course you have to be patient. One day, there will be market for things such as 7-11 store, 24 hours coffee shops, packaged food etc etc.
At the end of the day, do whatever pleases you. These days, I miss Nepali food. Gundruk, Masyaura, different achars, taas, sekuwa etc etc. If you are a successful man in Nepal, you will have tons of things to enjoy there. If you are a failure, or if you are one of those lousy lazy guys who don't know that starting out as a Rs 25 thousand per month MBA freshman doesn't mean you will be forever stuck there with 25K, then I am sure Nepal is no good for you. Jobs in any business should be considered an opportunity to learn the trade, make connection and start a new business, and shouldn't be considered a place where you stay forever.
Here are a few things about life in the states. I never considered these people successful: waiters, postdocs, barbers, gas station attendants, liquor store attendants, small time programmers etc etc. If you are in these positions for more than 2-4 years, then you should consider yourself an unsuccessful person. If you are one of these and continously say bad things about Nepal or you feel jealous of other successful people, then you should really see treatment because not only you are a failure but also you want others around you to be a failure. If you are changing your jobs fast and moving up the ladder in the process, then you have my respects. Most likely, you are also one of those persons who never speak bad of Nepal.
In fact, I am a borderline case-- I may make about same amount of money if I stay here as I would in Nepal. Some of my friends have made tons of money lately back home, and are riding good cars, and I have been wondering, if I think I am good, and if those jerks are successful in what they are doing, why not me? With US education, shouldn't I be confident about running successful business in KTM?
If merchandises are expensive in KTM, there must be people who can afford them. In fact, there must be lots of people who can afford them. Who are those people? It can't be that the handful of MPs or ministers are the only consumers of these shops. There has to be thousands. Probably These people are successful businessmen. Even in the states, only businessmen are very rich, others have to work their ass off to pay off their house loan anyway. (How many years does it take to pay off a house loan in New York?) After thirty years of working my ass off for white people, what will I be left with? Crumpled skins and wistful look at my youth? And, going back to the consumer base of stuffs in KTM, if there are a lot of people who can buy cars, those fancy apartments, houses, goods, then I am sure the system exists where you can be one of those people. With US education, I am assuming I will find some way to crack into these elite groups. Of course, I am walking around with mediocrity, then it wouldn't matter whether I am here or in Nepal, I will be miserable soul, looked down upon by successful men and grinding my way to the end of the life.
Another thing is, often successful people don't complain and failures have thousands of complaint and they are loud. If someone leaves Nepal after DV shutting up his business in Nepal, then it is evident that his business was not going anywhere, and here in the states he will have one thousand reasons to badmouth Nepal. My friends shrug off the problems caused by corruption (yes, it is there, but we know how to manuevre around it). In fact, there are some good things too. In Nepal, if you make money in doing business, you make money, you hardly bother about paying tax. (Just pay some minimum). Run private schools? All profits are yours. Run trading office? All profits are yours. The income tax is like 25% if you are listed as an employee. Interest gain tax is 6%. These things point to an environment where you should think about some kind of business rather than looking for job. And business opportunies are aplenty, of course you have to be patient. One day, there will be market for things such as 7-11 store, 24 hours coffee shops, packaged food etc etc.
At the end of the day, do whatever pleases you. These days, I miss Nepali food. Gundruk, Masyaura, different achars, taas, sekuwa etc etc. If you are a successful man in Nepal, you will have tons of things to enjoy there. If you are a failure, or if you are one of those lousy lazy guys who don't know that starting out as a Rs 25 thousand per month MBA freshman doesn't mean you will be forever stuck there with 25K, then I am sure Nepal is no good for you. Jobs in any business should be considered an opportunity to learn the trade, make connection and start a new business, and shouldn't be considered a place where you stay forever.
Here are a few things about life in the states. I never considered these people successful: waiters, postdocs, barbers, gas station attendants, liquor store attendants, small time programmers etc etc. If you are in these positions for more than 2-4 years, then you should consider yourself an unsuccessful person. If you are one of these and continously say bad things about Nepal or you feel jealous of other successful people, then you should really see treatment because not only you are a failure but also you want others around you to be a failure. If you are changing your jobs fast and moving up the ladder in the process, then you have my respects. Most likely, you are also one of those persons who never speak bad of Nepal.