It seems like soon we will have nothing to be proud of being a Nepali. We are losing our Identity, the identity of Nepal and being a Nepali, the Culture of our Nepal and the traditions.
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| Lumbini, Birth place of lord Buddha |
Let’s talk about Lumbini, it is a birthplace of Lord Buddha and it lies in Nepal now. Unceso has already listed it in its World Heritage Site, but we still hear from the Indian side that Buddha was born in India, and they have named the place with the same name just other side of the boarder. What does this means? They are not afraid to say that Buddha was born in India, I heard from my friend who studied in south India that there they are taught that Buddha was born in India and Nepal is a part of India, I have no idea how much truth is there in it, but that is what we have been hearing. They used to have fight with their Indian friends on this issue. As a proof we can take the issue of Indian movie star Mrs. Madhuri Dixit. When she arrived in Nepal few years back, she said that she thought Nepal is a part of India or similar kind of statement which drew a big attention in Nepal.
The other thing that makes us proud of is Mt. Everest, the highest mountain in the World which lies totally in Nepal, but in some modified books we see it lies between Tibet and Nepal. If it lies between Tibet and Nepal then why do we need to be proud saying that it belongs to us. May be some part of its north base lies in Tibet, but the tip of the mountain is in Nepal.
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| Top of the World, Mt. Everest |
I don’t know if Nepal gets some percentage of the royalty that the Chinese government charges the mountaineers who climb the Mt. Everest from their side. The Chinese government is not the one to take the profit away from the Nepali Landmark, it is our land and all of the royalty is taken away by the Chinese’s government and we are just looking at it and happy with the donation provided to us by the Chinese government in a barter system of making the Tibetans voice suppress in Nepal.
The latest news that made me feel unhappy was about the Olympic Torch that was taken to Mt. Everest. Why small nations are always dominated? The torch rally was held in India last month, and yesterday it reached the Mt. Everest and we Nepali people did not had any glimpse of that Olympic Torch rally . The Chinese took it to the top of the Mt. Everest from north face. Are they going to show that world that the Mt. Everest is theirs? What would have happened if it was taken from Nepal’s side? It would still have reached the top of the world.
Now let’s talk about our own mentality, I mean Nepali mentality. Yeah there are different people with different thoughts, but I don’t think people should act for their personal gain on issue which will have a huge effects on general public.
In Nepal still there are 80% Hindu, but due to international pressure and some politically motivated minds forced Nepal to be a secular country cutting its identity of being a only Hindu Kingdom in the world. The religion which is said to be the oldest religion in this earth. Yeah there are some bad trends that people brought in Hinduism, the system of class and caste being a major. These things could have been abolish though education. The religion itself has not discriminated the class and caste. Being a Hindu nation also, we have Christians, Muslim and other religion practice in Nepal and we never saw major dispute between these religions in Nepal.
The other thing we still are proud of is that, in this nation we have a living goddess of Kumari. We know Kumari is a Hindu God, but many of the people from outer world might don’t know that the girl chosen to be a Kumari is selected from a Shakya Family who practice Buddhism. This shows the bonding between the two religions in Nepal.
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| Living Goddess Kumari |
Since few years we have been hearing that some people asking to stop this tradition of Kumari as it is against the Children Rights. Her rights of being a child have been effect after her becoming the God. How much fair is this issue in Nepal’s context? Because her rights have been effected, do we need to stop this tradition? What about the people’s respect she is getting after being the only Living Goddess of the world.
Maybe we can make some changes and preserve this tradition of Living Goddess Kumari. Abolishing it will make it history and we will lose out another identity. We might work on it to make according to the present situation of the nation and the world. There is nothing like she cannot visit any foreign land. There was a big issue last year on the Kumari of Bhaktapur visiting the United States. We can make some such non practical system modify and preserve our tradition and let the world visit Nepal to get blessed by the Living Goddess Kumari.
Hey guys Let’s preserve our tradition, let the world know that Buddha was born in Nepal and let us not share Mt. Everest with China, else soon one day British Government will register the trademark on the World Famous Brave Gorkha Heroes the other things that makes Nepali proud of.
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| The Brave Gorkha Army |
Note: Picture of Kumari is taken from Nepali Times and the Gorkha Army Picture from www.himalayan-imports.com/gurkha.html
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I have different opinion than the writer here. Gurkhas has not made us pride in fact its a same that our brothers have been forced to fight as rented soldiers, why are we so proud of Gurkhas who are fighting for Brithis Interest. Its true that being drafted in Gurkhas Battalion is a complusion to may neplease who have nothing to do here, but lets make Nepal where none of our brothers have to be slave of white people. Lets fight for our own interest lets make better Nepal. “Desle magdaina afule dinu parcha” Bravery for the money is nothing to be proud of.
May be,we are losing identity. But what should be done from ourside ?
Stupid article.
- The Peak of Mt. Everest was gifted to Nepal by China… with the condition that they can climb it from their side. And again, heightst point of both China and Nepal is the peak of Mt. Everest. It is the deal that we share the peak with China.. read and do some research before you write something.
- Kumari… why would we ruin a girl’s life… just because YOU and other people like YOU can be proud that Nepal has a “living goddess” ?? We do not have a right to do that. Every child has the right of being a normal child, and not a goddess. How much “respect” do you have for the OLD Kumari.. and do you even know where she is?? By the time she is able to understand whats going on with her life, she is no longer a Kumari…
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about mount everest, we read in our book taht it lies in nepal, you better ask education ministry to change it, and if you have taht agreement then please post it here or give us the link so taht we all can read it.
About Kumari, no one life is put into hell, they get education inside and after taht they have done futher education, yeah child rights is there, but she stay as kumari for 4/5 years so after taht they can have a mechanism to make her life better. and u can not vanish our Culture, we need to preserv them as we are rich in our culture. if you wish there is a way always before destroying it.
I don’t like the way people refer to Tibet as China. To be quite honest people should not put their noses into places where they don’t belong. Can you prove to me that China gave Nepal that condition? It has been in our borders for centuries and you want to make remarks through your wikipedia education? My friend, i can say that George Bush is the wisest man on the plant but in reality its quite the contrary isn’t it? Going by your terms, i would have to state that we are all africans since we originated from the Pangolian Plate… and want to guess where that is? So please we are Nepali from the Himalayan Kingdom of Nepal. We are sons of our motherland and Slaves to no one. The so called Mt. Everest is a Head piece that crowns our motherland. So please refrain from making illiterate-esque comments about a place i love so much that i’m willing to let my blood flow to make rivers greater that ones that rush through the land of my forefathers. Jai Nepal. Jai Gorkha. Sagarmatha ko ashirvad. Aayo Gorkhali.
I hope not and we must do everything to protect our identity.
Its so funny, there goes the talks about Mt. Everest and Buddha, its so sad really. Proud to be Nepali, land of Mt. Everest, birthplace of Buddha, tradition, culture, so what if Everest is in Nepal, so what buddha was born in nepal, generation after generation , just everest and buddha nothing new to be proud of ha..Oh ya proud to be a neighbour of two biggest countries, you know indians are prould why well they are going to moon and mars they just signed a nuke deal with US, they are fastest growing economy in the world well not the fastest, the fastest is china another neighbour, well my friends thats something to be proud of or is it. India doesn’t have to have buddha to make them reconized in the world and china surely doesn’t need Mt. Everest. Protect our identity you know what our identity is, its a country next to china and india.So, are we gonna be proud of Mt. Everest, Kumari, Lumbini, and gokhas for another 100 years or are we giving our children somethings else beside these to be proud of. And what up with the only Hindu kingdom thing, i mean are you serious.
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