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 Prabal Gurung in Nepal

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Posted on 04-02-10 7:16 AM     Reply [Subscribe]
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For its monthly interaction, Entrepreneurs for Nepal invited New York
based young Nepali designer Prabal Gurung as their main speaker. Clad
in well-fitted white shirt and dark denims parlayed with hi-top
sneakers, Prabal looked all sleek at the event held on April 1 at hotel
Dwarika’s in Battisputali, Kathmandu.



Prabal Gurung runs his namesake luxury clothing line in New York and
was recently nominated for the CFDA (Council of Fashion Designers of
America) -- the Oscars of the fashion industry – in the Swarovski
Womenswear Award category. He has added, to the long list of admirers,
the First Lady of the United States of America Michelle Obama earlier
this month who donned one of his Spring 2010 collection’s designs for
the donation of her inaugural gown to the Smithsonian Museum’s First
Ladies Collection.



Crediting the success that he has achieved so far to his family, Prabal
talked about his fashion journey from the doodling at St Xavier’s
School to working for Manish Arora in Bollywood and later as creative
designer at Bill Blass in New York.



“The person that I’m today is all due to my family, especially my mom,
who believed in being different, celebrating each other’s differences
and not following the norm,” he said adding that he was not a brilliant
student and was often lost in his own world.



“Education is extremely important but prescribed education was getting
very stagnant for me,” he candidly said of his schooling days in Nepal.
But, he  immediately added, looking at his niece seated at the front
row, “But, it’s important to study for you guys.”







He also highlighted the need for integrity and passion to achieve one’s
dream and find that niche of audience for your product. “If I can find
a small audience that respond to what I am doing, my job is well done.
If you try to please everyone, you will please no one, including
yourself,” Prabal said of his early days.



Prabal said he decided to leave for New York and try his luck after
watching the Oprah show. “Living your dreams struck a chord with me. I
wanted to give it a shot. I wanted to live in New York. Even if I made
a mistake, I would rather live with that mistake than regret that I
never gave it a shot,” Prabal said. Oprah wore one of his dresses for
the cover of her O magazine in 2009.  



A self-proclaimed die-hard party person, Prabal said, “As hardworking
as I may be, I also love to party. It’s absolutely necessary to enjoy
life, enjoy success. Party gardaima bigriney hudaina.”



At the interaction, Prabal also shared his not-so-good experience of
ordering knitwear for his Spring collection (at the New York Fashion
Week) from Nepal. “The level of efficiency is still to be desired,” he
said. According to him, he had a tough time because the delivery was
not made on time.



If working conditions were better, Nepal is a possibility for his
production, he opined. “Nepal has problems like traffic, power-cuts and
pollution. Stating the obvious is the most boring thing, the issue is
what are we doing individually to bring change?” he asked.



Prabal said his inspirations are drawn from every walk of life and “not
always the prescribed way or from books.”  He informed the gathering
that he was coming up with different fashion products such as handbags
and accessories. He also announced that he was starting philanthropy
with a project on education with his siblings.







The serious interaction was punctuated with witty inputs every now and
then. His story was followed by a tête-à-tête with the audience where
participants asked him about his fashion line and life in New York.



Answering a question regarding using ethnic fabrics, Prabal said he did
not focus on ethnic fashion because he wanted to be an international
designer and not just a Nepali designer. “I wanted to be a designer
from Nepal, not a Nepali designer because (Nepal) is such a small
market,” he said and added that the Nepali youth should think beyond
Nepal.



Answering another question about why he opted for designing rather than
modeling, he said as a designer you control everything, but as a model,
you just walk. And he did not want to just walk.



Prabal credited his success to his roots and said the reason that he
was being able to stand out in a competitive city like New York was
because of where he came from. He said Nepal has always remained a
topic of priority during his interviews. “Every time I am given a
platform whether it’s the New York Times or Vogue, I make sure Nepal is
mentioned. I am extremely proud of my heritage, where I am from,” the
designer in his 30s said.



The designer opined that he has only just started and “has miles to go
before he sleeps. If success gets to your head, you might as well leave
it,” Prabal said.



Entrepreneurs for Nepal is a network of over 2500 young professionals
and entrepreneurs and meets every last Thursday of the month to share
experiences and network.
 


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Posted on 04-02-10 10:21 AM     Reply [Subscribe]
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REMOVED BY ADMIN - It's not nice to use anonymous nicknames to say such things to a known person.

 
Posted on 04-02-10 10:39 AM     Reply [Subscribe]
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dhhirajojha ji, It seems like you are jealous of Mr. Gurung's success. Best of luck to you. Hope all your dreams come true.

In case anyone is interested in knowing what dhhirajojha wrote, he used a sexual slur. From what I can remember, he made a comment(speculation) about Mr. Gurung's sexual orientation and used derogatory language.  


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Posted on 04-02-10 11:04 AM     Reply [Subscribe]
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Great. Thanks for sharing.

 
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He created a solid Benchmark for young Nepali individuals pursuing their dream abroad for sure. I think this website is quite a resourceful aswell
 
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Scumbags like Kaushal Niroula and Pankaj Joshi, who tried hard enough to make "Nepal" or "Nepali" name synonymous with "crime", launch compliments like "Smart!" or "Genius" from fellow Nepalese.

Yet Prabal Gurung, a young immigrant from a third world country, who creates wardrobes for the
aficianados of contemporary uber-fashion, gets cussed at just for being himself. That's exactly what's wrong with the offsprings of people who run a dysfunctional country like Nepal. Still, as he indicates in the article, he is not resting on his laurels and adds that he has "miles to go before he sleeps".
My opinion is : Excellence can be attained in any legit field and win glory for home country and provide inspiration for fellow people.


 
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I don't have anything to say abut the thread nor anyone besides our ADMIN. I wish I had seen the post by 'dhhirajojha', and make clear speculations of my own.


Here is what ADMIN had to say about the post.


REMOVED BY ADMIN - It's not nice to use anonymous nicknames to say such things to a known person.


"anonymous ncknames" - about I am guessing ( i don't have the exact figure and my i think it makes no sense ) that 99% of users in Sajha use nicknames. There is nothing wrong with it. Rt?


What happen when same ppl used such names to say things to other ppl - ppl who were more known than Mr. Gurung, here in Sajha? Where were you ? Admin. Or is it that Mr. Admin knows Gurung personally. OR may be I am thinking some of the revenue comes from Mr Gurung's ( in any form to Sajha.)  Why we seeing difference in policies and the way ADMIN is acting on the post? Or it is like Nepali style - "jasle j garay ni hunay". Rules are only for others, doesn't apply to whoever created it. Admin, I am not aganist ur act, But I want everyone treated the same way.


Well, I guess I have made my dissatisfaction over it. Rest is yours. I have known the fact that - If u cannot do anything abut it, just listen and be quite.


 
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Stupida, there's a simple answer to your query. As you have agreed all postings are not moderated. Once in while I have to step in to moderate things here and there just so that things don't go too haywire. It so happened that the post in question caught my attention as being intolerant and I decided to include my small message in there to serve as a reminder.

As far as rules being different for people - it's just like speeding. You generally don't get caught but once in a while a policemen sees you and you get a ticket. It's not true that other policemen didn't give you a ticket coz they know you or coz of some financial benefits, it's just that they didn't see you speeding :)

I hope you understand. Thanks.

 
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Totally agreed. I am with you 100% on this. Makes a complete sense to me, and Thanks !!!!!!!


 


 
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San


the admin needs to be consistant and deligent in filtering out intolerable character assissination of regular ppl as well. I see  I am almost calling it quits from sajha because there is a lot of adult content floating around in the regular thread. I dont want to get into trouble by opening such things at my workplace!!!


I could not believe ppl were posting private/personal photoes of people and started nasty threads related with that...


 


Please create an adult section for those kind of threads....


 


 
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voipman


be nice...


 
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you guys suck.

 
Posted on 04-02-10 2:12 PM     Reply [Subscribe]
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Behave VOIP..your ass just got owned!!
 
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 Actually, I am looking for Ricky Martin's Twin Parenting Class. I think they gave me the wrong direction.  Alphabetically, I am at the right place..P,Q, R.....PRABAL...then Q..and..RICKY...OH..never mind.!!



 
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Sajha admin are like Nepalese  politician. They still have ill  mentality.



Guys out there come with some good forum to challenge  SAjha.com I am willing to donate $20.00 /
Month.




 
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Rajendra Bhatta from  of
Bhim Dutta Municipality-4 of Kanchanpur district was selected  as the Satellite Calibration Scientist at the
NASA centre based in the state of Virginia back in 2009 and  no one talked about him.




 
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"Aabakgarne" is very right here. Should be consistant and efficient.  "Jun din time miloye teyo din hernay, ani man paray na vhanay delete garnay, ani aru din time nai chaina." I guess there were more disgusting and personal targets in this sajha than we just saw today.


I know San, You gave a nice example of police and tickets. But, one thing is sure, a loophole or some erorrs on systems cannot be corrected by pointing out silimar errors in similar systems. I know most of the ppl in hihgway drive over limits, yet only few receive tickets. I guess thats just luck or say a system is trying to create a fear in ppl driving over higway in over limit. Do u want us to be same here - get lucky or afraid of raising our voice with ...............fear?


If sabkosathi is right in what was written.........then I think there is nothing wrong with it. Make some speculations abut some sexual orientation ? common r we leaving in 19th centyry?........Everyone should have rights to express what he or she thinks unless he/she is not harming others. Now common don't tell me they were harming by defaming or something - k vhancha ni "charitra hatya" in nepali.


When u become famous, He should have courage to face the ppl inputs and everything that comes with it. Everything has its cost. Pppl usually don't talk abut anyone who they don';t know.


What is big deal abut it If he ia gay? or He has done bad things to others?....... He looks like and He should be proud of what he is. 


 
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I admire what Prabal Gurung has achieved and thus made a name for himself. By association, we Nepalese share his fame. By the same token, we do mud ourselves with the infamy of Kaushal Niroula and alike. Separately, their achievement could be viewed as an individual success/failure and we could take a neutral stance. However, as this thread has been marred by glittering censorship, I am befuddled by the responses. As is the case, I can safely deduct that it's not okay to say obscene to the good person while it's alright to say anything to a infamous one. Double standards much??

If there is a censorship, it should be applied evenly. This selective bias mentality maybe a human characteristics but I, for one, do not welcome it. It's all on personal level an individual should apply discretion and moral judgment while making a comment. The worse comes out when people assail others, sometimes rightly, or when someone trolls deliberately. Regardless of the intention, for all intents and purposes, we should judge the poster neutrally. The admin has all the rights to make any move in regards of safeguarding  the integrity of all the people involved. Nevertheless, a  lopsided decision where an unconscious prejudice is evident does more harm than any good. If there is a rule, it should apply for all or none.

 
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Its amazing how threads start and end in Sajha. Yet, we call ourselves smart and educated. We will never learn to agree on anything. There is always at least someone looking for something to criticize.
 



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