Posted by: BABAL Khate September 21, 2011
Sajha.com's recent Culture of Modesty Movement
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Maybe there is a lesson in all of this for us Nepalese. Nepalese are the "poor kids of Budhanilkantha" in the world stage.
Nepal lives off the donations (and "scholarships") of "richer kids" (richer nations). But just because we live off of their donations, does that mean that we have to look down on ourselves? The smart "poor kids of Budhanilkantha" show how it is possible to be in an economicaly weaker position while being in a morally superior position. These poor kids were brilliant. Just by changing the culture around them, they presented their weakness into a strength. They changed the culture around them so that the symbols that served as a strength and superiority in Kathmandu Culture of Showing Off, became a weakness in the Budhanilkantha Culture of Modesty.

What these kids showed was that just because you are physically and economically dependant on someone doesn't mean that you have to psychologically feel inferior. I feel that what these poor kids in Budhanilkantha were able to learn and apply to their situation, we Nepalese need to learn from and apply it to improve our condition in the world stage.

Certainly, we are not alone in this world. In the world stage, we may be one poor kid from the village of Nepal. But, in the school of the world, there are many poor kids from villages with names like SriLanka, Somalia, Peru, Nigeria, Bhutan, etc. What would it mean for all of us "poor kids of the world" to unite with a common strategy and give the "rich kids of the world" a taste of their own medicine? 

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