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Why Nepalis Take Bigger Issue with Issue-Highlighters Than the Issues Themselves
A society has a long way to go when people have or take a bigger issue with those highlighting, or expounding on, the issues than with the issues themselves. Nepal is one of those societies. I am sure there are a number of different reasons behind that, but here are some reasons. If we are to make social progress, we must be able to have honest exchanges and conversations about the myriad issues our society is plagued by.
Sell Hope to the Utterly Hopeless and Desperate, They’ll Buy it
Sell hope to the utterly hopeless and desperate, they’ll buy it, NOT because they are stupid. Unless you have experienced extended or prolonged despair or, worse, utter hopelessness, you cannot imagine what that is like. And in these uncertain, stressful and, for many, desperate times of the coronavirus pandemic, many, I am sure have already been and will be victimized. The situation, unfortunately, will get worse, a lot worse, before it starts getting better for many. If you have not experienced utter hopelessness, hold your judgement of those who buy hope, however.
The origin myths behind Nepalis’ “खुट्टा तान्ने प्रवृत्ति”
"Khutta tanne prabidhi" is the Nepalis' tendency to and practice of not only pulling others more "successful" down, but also actively preventing others from accessing that which may make them successful. Here are two origin myths that apparently explain how it started and affirm that practice!
If protests against Dassain hurt your sentiments…
While, for the hill so-called high caste Hindus, Dassain is the biggest religious festival, for many others, it--along with a lot of the other things--is a symbol of suppression and oppression their ancestors suffered from. So, if, as a high caste, your sentiments are hurt by protests against it, I invite you to reflect and imagine how much and how long the sentiments of others and their ancestors must have been hurt by the suppression of, for example, their festivals.
Coronavirus Pandemic in Nepal: No Strategy…So Say The Charts
If charts could speak, these charts of mine would scream, "Where is your strategy?" Five months since news of the coronavirus reached us, four since the first case of infection, and over two of lockdown, and now with the cases entering exponential growth phase, Government of Nepal still does NOT appear to have a strategy. That COULD spell a humanitarian crises in the country.
COVID-19 And MoHP: A Small Big Deal
An example of a little thing that matters but Nepalis don't care much about and as a consequence of which suffer in big ways!
Coronavirus and COVID-19 in Nepal: Information and Resources
Some information and resources on the coronavirus and COVID-19 for the people of Nepal.
Unleashing Nepal: Bandhs…A Waste of Youth
A brief history of the tradition of bandh (shut downs) in the country and how this tool employed by everyone from political parties to trade unions to even disgruntled families, along with the politicization of education, have robbed many youths of their potential. The youths, invariably, were always the ones mobilized to enforce them!
Nepal, Where Doing the Right Thing Could Be Wrong
At a night club in Kathmandu, I recorded a video of a birthday celebration which included Roman candles on a cake, and aerosol sprays. It could have ended in disaster if not for the big space. I went and shared my concerns with the party-goers, which could have also ended in disaster...for me.
I have discovered that doing the right thing in Nepal could turn out to be the wrong thing to do because things might just not go the way you reasonably expect.