Posted by: kalidasbhaisaab September 2, 2015
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Great discission. Adding my POV as well.
I was talking to my Dad yesterday. He is retired and we live in a Terai town. Indian border is 2 km from my parents' house.
They recently did some construction / renovation and all the Mistrys and Johns were from villages in Bihar that are at least 20 km south. They all rode in bicycles for 2 hours to come for the job. My point is not about why these Indians are coming and stealing Nepali jobs. Point is unfortunately Bihar and UP have not shared any prospect of the rising India. Bihar and UP are gloom and doom. Culturally, there are huge gaps. Education wise, both Bihar and UP governments have done worst. Even worst, both Bihar and UP lack jobs. The only good jobs in those areas are State or Govt Jobs which are taken by the advantageous class ( remember Bihar, UP = Issues with class, culture, caste, lack of infrastructure etc). So the sore is a real sore. All the Narendra Modis' utopian rehoteric have not made any dent in reforming Bihar. Those Johns and Mistrys that came to work at my parents house were dirt poor and when asked by my Dad about why don't they find something in India itself, they said there are no jobs in their villages and nearby towns. Nepal was a heaven in that sense.
With such a huge sore in the neighboring open border India, Nepal can never progress. Any development issues and progressive policies have to address all Bihar, UP and Southern Nepal. Since we hate them and not only that but in actuality both UP and Bihar are unhelpable disease, that is why IMO a true development objective will be hard to accomplish.
I was talking to my Dad yesterday. He is retired and we live in a Terai town. Indian border is 2 km from my parents' house.
They recently did some construction / renovation and all the Mistrys and Johns were from villages in Bihar that are at least 20 km south. They all rode in bicycles for 2 hours to come for the job. My point is not about why these Indians are coming and stealing Nepali jobs. Point is unfortunately Bihar and UP have not shared any prospect of the rising India. Bihar and UP are gloom and doom. Culturally, there are huge gaps. Education wise, both Bihar and UP governments have done worst. Even worst, both Bihar and UP lack jobs. The only good jobs in those areas are State or Govt Jobs which are taken by the advantageous class ( remember Bihar, UP = Issues with class, culture, caste, lack of infrastructure etc). So the sore is a real sore. All the Narendra Modis' utopian rehoteric have not made any dent in reforming Bihar. Those Johns and Mistrys that came to work at my parents house were dirt poor and when asked by my Dad about why don't they find something in India itself, they said there are no jobs in their villages and nearby towns. Nepal was a heaven in that sense.
With such a huge sore in the neighboring open border India, Nepal can never progress. Any development issues and progressive policies have to address all Bihar, UP and Southern Nepal. Since we hate them and not only that but in actuality both UP and Bihar are unhelpable disease, that is why IMO a true development objective will be hard to accomplish.