Prashant Tamang is still making news, and he truly deserves it. But, it’s getting little monotonous for me seeing his picture in many sites/blogs 
, including mine. So here is something new, refreshing to eyes.
Happy Friday to you all !
Picture Source: Mike Baldwin
Congratulations Prashant Tamang, its really some feat that you have achieved, being reckoned in such a global stage is definitely a huge conquest.
What impresses me more is how your cause was instrumental in uniting Nepalese every where. You, in Indian Idol, united more Nepalese than any politician have ever done. People were blindly showering money for votes despite their economic hardships, that shows how you already have become a leader.
I am glad your crowning has given a brief moment of happiness to the people of Nepal admist political ambiguity and fears. I hope there are different ventures where some other Nepali will rise soon and draw global Nepalese support and unite them. Another one soon after that, and again another. Though, I hope these supporters wont be sucked with their money for their support.
So the Maoist quit the government, which further sums up me coining Nepal as a “Nation of uncertainty”. I was reading the warnings put forward by Maoist Deputy regarding the CA Polls; they want the Monarchy abolished before the polls while the PM wants the first meet of CA to decide it. Why did the Maoist sign the agreement before to let CA decide the fate (I’m not sure if they had agreed, please correct me if not), and now suddenly baby crying again? There goes one more addition to prevalent list of unaccountable leaders and parties. If the Parties/King/Leaders were some folders in my desktop, I would have simply deleted them (even from recycle bin 
) and look for a fresh start.
It looks almost certain that I will be coming to Nepal this December, so I shared my frustration with one my colleague. She gave me very funny and most unexpected reply, “why don’t you guy’s sacrifice a goat for the good functioning of the government?” 
Wow, what an image we have built. I am sure you guy’s know about Nepal Airlines sacrificing goat for their prosperity and proper functioning.
Past week was very hectic for me, so hectic that I couldn’t even find time to use internet. Last Friday, after half day at work, I drove to St. Louis. Monday was a public holiday (Labor Day) so 12 hrs drive (one way) was justifiable as I still would have two full days to spend there. I did my graduate studies at Southern Illinois University, 30 miles from St. Louis, so I wanted to catch up with my old memories, and I could also meet my younger brother who now goes to the same school.
Besides revisiting the regular tourist traps, I also drove around all the apartments that I used to live in, and all the places I used to go to. All the memories came pouring back to my eyes, though the people that I used to hang around were not all physically present but they were definitely there in my head. To tell you the truth, I felt like I was in Nepal as I knew every roads and nooks there. I can’t imagine how happy I would be when I return to Nepal, as just being in Edwardsville was that exciting.
Current United States was much smaller before the Louisiana Purchase with French, and war/purchase for the West with Mexico. Gateway Arch (630 feet tall) was constructed in 1965 as a symbol of gateway from East to the West, after West was open. It is the major landmark of St. Louis, obviously I revisited it too. 
After returning to Lafayette on Monday evening, I immediately had to leave for the field from Tuesday to Friday. I love going to the field, it’s a good break from mine monotonous office computers. However, Louisiana summer isn’t a pleasant time to be out in the nature, it’s similar to what we have in Chitwan plus the extra humidity. Now I wonder how Nepal TV news always reported humidity in Kathmandu from 97 to 100%, I got the true taste of humidity after coming to the Louisiana swamps, so I believe humidity reporting for Kathmandu must be wrong. After baking in sun for 4 days, finally my team made the 4 hours trip back to Lafayette.
I wasn’t driving so I could look out of the window and wander my mind. I was thinking why our youth are so much under the influence of politics while American youth doesn’t’ give any shit about it. I feel I’m fortunate enough to have an opportunity to come abroad, now I can at least compare based on my experience. Not all people are good in studies, which are true in both USA and Nepal; however in USA you can still earn your living if you are hardworking. Is lack of economic opportunity the sole reason for our youths to burn tires and be puppets of moron leaders? As we were driving, few cars overtook us with LSU (Louisiana State University) flag on. I was told by my colleague that there was football (American) game between Virginia Tech and LSU this Saturday and those people were heading there today to camp outside the Stadium and watch game tomorrow. I saw more and more vehicles pass us with LSU banners. I was surprised with the craze, I couldn’t believe how the athletic program of one University unites the whole state (LSU is good in all sports, had produced players like Shaq O’Neal in the past). The athletic budget of LSU is about $60 million while the annual budget of Nepal is $2.4 billion. Suddenly I felt I found the answer, both in Nepal and USA there are students who are sharp in academics, and both countries have students who aren’t at all. I believe most of students bad in studies go into burning of tires in Nepal while same students in USA go into sports earn millions of dollars every year. However, I am not saying that good students are not politically aware or bad athletes. My point is that there are more ventures to occupy youths in USA than in Nepal and sports is certainly the major one. LSU football alone earns gazillion of dollars for the University.
Finally I got home, tired and baked. I went online to check some news about Nepal and world. I found the worst ever news that I have ever seen in my lifetime about Nepal, some jerks detonated bombs in busy Kathmandu junctures. All my life I felt sad that Nepal isn’t blessed with many natural resources. Now I’m very happy that besides hydro power Nepal doesn’t have any other notable ones. Why? Anyone of you have seen the movie Blood Diamond, if not see that movie and you will find out what happened to Sierra Leone because they had diamonds. Extrapolating the current situation in Nepal, it would be worse than in Sierra Leone.
There is no substitute to democracy, but dishearteningly I must say that people in Nepal are not ready yet for the democracy.
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