Posted by: Kiddo June 11, 2012
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Thanks to Nepali Jiwan and Sewa for bringing this point forth. Few things that really touched me:
1. Nepali Jiwan: 45% unemployment doesn't take farmers into account.
2. Nepali Jiwan: Less income doesn't necessarily mean deprivation or loss (think self subsistence).
3. Sewa: "In my understanding, aid is given to those who you want to help, not to those who toe the line according to your ideology."
I agree that we aren't as poor as under developed as the foreign media portraits us as. If you go to any village in Nepal and they seem to be living happy life via self subsistence; sure they cannot afford an iPad or a Harley, but that doesn't make them poor-or not rich. 1st world's view of prosperity is highly skewed.
Having said that, instead of protesting against every foreign media out there; I'd rather take their words with a grain of salt and move on with what we can do back home. They have a standard of comparison and they will follow that; are we a failed state or not is a big question.
As for your foreign aid statement, that was quite a refreshing statement. Yes, they aren't really helping us out of humanity; foreign aid often comes with strings attached and I don't think this is wrong. US insistence on not sending foreign aid to Iran or N. Korea is not wrong. Now, sending WHO rations, food supplies is a different thing and I think international community is doing that.
Lastly, are we a failed nation? I don't think so, not yet atleast. We are in a transition mode and it comes with many bumps and bruises. We are in a critical juncture: we could steer this country to another decade of darkness OR we can finally start the rebuilding process. Prospects, however, do not look too good. Special interest groups are steering this country against the will of 90% people. If we divide this country and let this special interest (I am talking domestic special interest: those who are for caste based division) take over us, we will lose the country for another few decades.
1. Nepali Jiwan: 45% unemployment doesn't take farmers into account.
2. Nepali Jiwan: Less income doesn't necessarily mean deprivation or loss (think self subsistence).
3. Sewa: "In my understanding, aid is given to those who you want to help, not to those who toe the line according to your ideology."
I agree that we aren't as poor as under developed as the foreign media portraits us as. If you go to any village in Nepal and they seem to be living happy life via self subsistence; sure they cannot afford an iPad or a Harley, but that doesn't make them poor-or not rich. 1st world's view of prosperity is highly skewed.
Having said that, instead of protesting against every foreign media out there; I'd rather take their words with a grain of salt and move on with what we can do back home. They have a standard of comparison and they will follow that; are we a failed state or not is a big question.
As for your foreign aid statement, that was quite a refreshing statement. Yes, they aren't really helping us out of humanity; foreign aid often comes with strings attached and I don't think this is wrong. US insistence on not sending foreign aid to Iran or N. Korea is not wrong. Now, sending WHO rations, food supplies is a different thing and I think international community is doing that.
Lastly, are we a failed nation? I don't think so, not yet atleast. We are in a transition mode and it comes with many bumps and bruises. We are in a critical juncture: we could steer this country to another decade of darkness OR we can finally start the rebuilding process. Prospects, however, do not look too good. Special interest groups are steering this country against the will of 90% people. If we divide this country and let this special interest (I am talking domestic special interest: those who are for caste based division) take over us, we will lose the country for another few decades.