Posted by: nepaluk April 30, 2013
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Wow I didn't expect this much response since it was only a rhetoric question. Because as we know it, it is highly unlikely that India will be directly able to take over another sovereign country in this day and age. But as couple of you have pointed, India does not need to take over Nepal because India already has pretty much full control over Nepal be it social, cultural or political.
Inspite of us marvelling at our bravery and being blessed with Mount everest and buddha birthplace, India has always held control over the socio-political aspect of Nepal.
Some of us responding here have lived out of Nepal for sometime so we have different experience in evaluating patriotic sense with common sense. We grew up being fed propaganda text books extolling the greatness of our ancestors and our kings thus holding us captive in our deepest mind to burn that unflickering candle of patriotism within us. Brainwashed to find great value on a giant piece of stone and the luck of birth of Buddha, our sense of false pride has constituted our ego for lack of anything else major or worthy of being proud.
Some of us have recently left Nepal in search of better opportunities and the years of brainwashing of false greatness is still there so we will try to hold on to the insignificant hollow pride.
After becoming the so called 'global citizen' one has to recognize the essence of freedom of choice which brought you out of Nepal in the first place. Of course you have emotional connections but you chose to leave it all behind but you still have enormous pride for being a Nepali and it is engraved in your ego. But as a practical person, if someone ask what you are proud of then there is no achievement or anything else you can say besides the overused mountain and the buddha.
Perhaps instead of holding on to the hollow pride, we can move on as a whole and accept the truth and the reality that Nepal is a failed state created by the greed of politicians who mostly come from poor underpriviledged upbringing and continue the cycle of the neverending downward spiral.
It is difficult to imagine what would stop this process. Have any of you thought what would actually stop this cycle of corruption and greed?
Inspite of us marvelling at our bravery and being blessed with Mount everest and buddha birthplace, India has always held control over the socio-political aspect of Nepal.
Some of us responding here have lived out of Nepal for sometime so we have different experience in evaluating patriotic sense with common sense. We grew up being fed propaganda text books extolling the greatness of our ancestors and our kings thus holding us captive in our deepest mind to burn that unflickering candle of patriotism within us. Brainwashed to find great value on a giant piece of stone and the luck of birth of Buddha, our sense of false pride has constituted our ego for lack of anything else major or worthy of being proud.
Some of us have recently left Nepal in search of better opportunities and the years of brainwashing of false greatness is still there so we will try to hold on to the insignificant hollow pride.
After becoming the so called 'global citizen' one has to recognize the essence of freedom of choice which brought you out of Nepal in the first place. Of course you have emotional connections but you chose to leave it all behind but you still have enormous pride for being a Nepali and it is engraved in your ego. But as a practical person, if someone ask what you are proud of then there is no achievement or anything else you can say besides the overused mountain and the buddha.
Perhaps instead of holding on to the hollow pride, we can move on as a whole and accept the truth and the reality that Nepal is a failed state created by the greed of politicians who mostly come from poor underpriviledged upbringing and continue the cycle of the neverending downward spiral.
It is difficult to imagine what would stop this process. Have any of you thought what would actually stop this cycle of corruption and greed?