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| Peace - II |
Posted
on 15-Jun-01 10:14 AM
It's very interesting to see how people think. Louise, you paint a very negative picture of nepal. Give me a name of one country about which I cannot write 2 pages of negative stuff. All the things you have written are like the worst case scenarios. You said you 'gather' but sure, if you choose to gather cow dung from the streets of kathmandu that's what you will gather.
Namita's observation "Nepal is also a country where parents send their 'honhar' sons to the best missionary schools they could find and not know their children are being molested. The Fathers who were supposed to give their lives to Lord Jesus Christ and do sewa to poor manage to fondle, rape young boyes years after years. Some lose their mind and some life. Do you hear anthing about it? Pin drop silence...."
Again, Namita you are dwelling on isolated cases that happen anywhere in the world. You hear about the priest who had hidden camera in girls' gym? You hear about the guy who killed children and cooked them and served their meat to his neighbors as some kind of pie? You heard of incest?
Anyways, my point is just because there are some isolated 'bad' incidents that happen, you cannot show your bias on the whole population.
So what if some Bir nepali goes to work for the british army? Let him decide what's good for him. Obviously he thinks it's better for him to be there thats why he's there. In the same way most of us who are in a foreign country, are not in Nepal and in some other country because, we choose to be here. So what if an indian restaurant makes you work 80 hours a week for a least amount of pay, you choose to do that than staying in Nepal. I don't see a problem there.
You seem to be sarcastic about peace. Do you have any alternatives? If you don't have any alternatives, let peace guide you, and enjoy your life.
In peace is salvation, in peace is nirvana. Live and let live, and spread peace and make peace. Not believing in peace creates unrest and wars. So please don't make fun of peace!
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| ashu |
Posted
on 15-Jun-01 02:19 PM
It's all right for people like Louise to point
out some of the worst aspects of Nepal.
The rest of us need not get defensive.
Why?
Because, BECAUSE there are these problems
and more, there are therefore MORE OPPORTUNITIES
in Nepal and for Nepal for all of us to do interesting/exciting/challenging and ultimately
satisfying work in many spheres.
After all, who wants a perfect country with everything
in place and with absolutely no problems? Without
problems to solve, someone like me would be bored
to death.
So, let's accept Nepal with all its imperfections
and shortcomings. Let's also accept that it is well
within our powers to change things around here
for better.
Sure, doing that is difficult, but, certainly do-able
one step at a time. After all, life ain't easy
anywhere, and life in Nepal is no exception.
I think we all have enough self-confidence to thank
Louise, and to ask her: OK, those are the problems.
Fine. Now what are you too going to do about them
along with 22 million of us who want to live in a better
better way tomorrow than today?
oohi
ashu
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| manjari |
Posted
on 15-Jun-01 02:35 PM
There was this statement in the movie "The Cup" which I liked a lot, don't know the exact words but went a bit like this :
If there is a problem and you have no control over it, what's the point in worrying ? If you have control, then why worry ?
I guess we all need to vent our frustrations/disappointments/concerns/worries/anxieties/ or whatever emotions one may have regarding the present conditions in Nepal. This kind of discussion helps, as long as it churns out ideas and insightful perspectives, but simply pointing fingers at the negatives in despair won't help much.
And I agree with Ashu..the fact that the glass is half empty, gives us room to pour in some more water into it ;-)
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