Jobs, jobs, and jobs

National Public Radio (NPR) has become my main source of news during the commute. After being immersed in US election coverage, it wasn’t hard to sort the biases in the mainstream media, but NPR I thought stood firm in delivering unbiased news. It’s very easy to be carried away by a media house (of note: Fox News or MSNBC), but it’s important that you get a dose of middle ground, that’s where I found NPR to be. Besides, I enjoy its global coverage too (along with one of my other favorite: BBC). 

Yesterday, there was a report on Israel and Palestine conflict that drew my attention.  As most of us know Bethlehem (in Israel) is the birth place of Jesus. In the close proximity (Palestine) there are also some other places of significance to Christianity. However, the heavy influx of tourist in Bethlehem seldom translates to tourism across the boarder. Besides the terrorizing acts of some extremists, the Israel’s policy of isolating itself with the wall around the Western Gaza doesn’t help the cause either. If someway they (Israel and Palestine) can sort out to some degree of concession, the tourism infiltration in Palestine can do world of good to their economy. It’s even more beneficial to Israel; one Palestine working in tourism job is one less suicide bomber or one less stone pelted. 

Coming back to Nepal, it doesn’t require a rocket scientist to figure why youths are still burning tires, does it?