Do you see the Ugliness and difficulty in Nepal's Natural "Beauty"...Check this blog post to find out.

I dont necessary agree with everything said in the article. The fact that something that may seem beautiful for someone can be hell for another like said in the example of the old man carrying a doko.

The point that i disagree on is, natural beauty of nepal is to blame for those people having to walk 2 hours to school or 3 hours to bus stop. I see the point you are making about the difficulty of infrastructure development, but natural beauty cannot be blamed for it.

First of all, these people CHOSE to live in those place therefore deal with the challenges associated with such circumstance. You may argue that they are poor and cannot afford to move to the city or somewhere more convenient, but on the contrary, it is not a government's job to accomodate sparsely populated areas such as the remote hills. Government for the most part and in an ideal situation tries to spend the tax payer money or foreign aid money in nepal's case to benefit the larger chunk of population and where the resource can reap measurable benefits.

i can go on and on....but you get my point.

anyways good article...made me think...but i dont wanna see nepal's natural beauty commercialized or exploited in any way. I know i cant stop it if its going to happen but i am expressing myself.

Its just priceless to me to see the untamed river with all its rage racing down those rugged terrain than something tamed by us humans using dams. its just depressing to think nature being exploited.

i don’t know this side or that side

 

malai chai yo commerce, car ra computer life le chahi dikka banai sakyo

 

that man with doko was/is luckier than me

 

my bottom-line

 

WOW! you really think that the man with the doko who has to walk hours to get anywhere, who lives in a hut that can be blown away anytime, who has no access to education, healthcare...etc...etc....IS LUCKIER THAN YOU. I understand you maybe frustrated, I am sometimes, but this claim is a little ridiculous.

But maybe you are right! I don't know. Join the discussion here and see what others think of your claim.

Beauty is in the eye of Beholder

Yes, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder". But I agree with the author of  this post when he says, "Yes, I see what most would see: the beautiful hills, the amazing rivers
etc. But I also see the underdevelopment, poverty, and difficulty in
the villagers’ life that is so conspicuous in the image...We should change the way we define beauty, and remember—what is
beautiful to many of us could be the symbol of difficulty for others."

that was not frustration...absolutely not! we usually hear foreigners saying one or two good words about Nepal..‘Nepal is beautiful’ or ‘Nepal’s beauty’ etc etc. if i am not wrong, they were/are referring to Nepal’s nature. quite a few among them, those who get chance to mingle with Nepali family or live in a village for sometime, have positive impression on the ethos we Nepali have. our social characteristics, especially in the villages far from highway, in spite of hardship and hunger, embody a beauty, which we can hardly imagine in a society infested with consumerism, materialism, commercial values (no sarcasm to these either, i am part of it). actually, nostalgias crashed into my mind when i saw doko bokeko dai..i did not have any difficulty to get basne thau, khanekura, paani and sometimes citamol too when i had to go to rural areas for work..certainly citamol was not local herb yet they offered me that too to get over the fever. they, WE, are caring people. yes, this is other half of Nepal’s beauty which i was talking about and which, i personally find wonderful to that of the first half.  having said this, i am with you on the despairs and development issues you have mentioned in your blog. thank you!

It is easy to say anything when you are a tourist. I doubt the foreigners would say the same  things, if he/she had to live there forever.
I agree with you..the other side of Nepal is beautiful, the caring people, family ethos etc etc. But don't you think that there needs to be a balance.

You say:

"our
social characteristics, especially in the villages far from highway, in
spite of hardship and hunger, embody a beauty, which we can hardly
imagine in a society infested with consumerism, materialism, commercial
values (no sarcasm to these either, i am part of it)"

I doubt anyone in the world can be happy and satisfied when they are hungry. When there is hardship, i can understand--but hungry I don't know.

no no Sir i did not say they were happy they looked happy...did i? you might want to check my words again. what i said was people i met were poor, but still they shared their food, gave me place to retire for that day, and took care of my illness. they were not rich but had enough to offer for someone like me. this is no an odd case to exemplify beauty of our community. this has been tradition in our rural life since centuries, but, sadly slowly fading away with commercialization. same people same tradition same values will take care of doko bokeko dai when he feels thirsty, when he needs help…he is not alone there! my views were directed towards these values- ABSOLUTE BEAUTY!

however, like said earlier and agreeing with you, people living there need to be looked after for many, to be provided with basic such as safe water, to be uplifted out of hardship, but, HOW? running water in each household in the capital is still nowhere from happening despite millions of hours already been spent on bad and good side of Melamchi, not to mention billions of rupees already being drained off! considering this, most of us wonder the impossible..dream on the impossible when we think of providing safe water alone to each community in rest of the country, forget the road and other needs!

to be positive, Another Dude from your blog talked about Sikkim and Darjiling, good examples indeed, irrespective of its political existence, to take on as role models. The geology is same as that of ours- the alluvial mass on the top of most mountains if we leave out the snowy himalayan. The socio-cultural identities and issues are almost identical. Yet, unlike the corridor of Prithwi highway, roads are rarely blocked there in Sikkim and Darjeeling, no matter how heavy is the rainfall. This is very much identical to that of our own i.e. Tribhwan Highway- no major landslide, which is not the case in Mugling. Well there are many things we can do and thus thereby serve the people and the nation, but when you have maobadi in the government, the party responsible for the demise of thousands, and led by prachanda, who looks worried for his hair and look, least we can expect! my thoughts..

I agree with you when you say, "what
i said was people i met were poor, but still they shared their food,
gave me place to retire for that day, and took care of my illness. they
were not rich but had enough to offer for someone like me." 

However, do you think that this will change with economic development, when and if it happens? Is it possible to preserve parts of our culture? I am  curious to know your opinion.