Email Contributions upto now

We will continue our solidarity movement through this blog. Upto now the correspondences have been as follows:

**** Thu, 17 Nov 2005
Brother ,
Whats makes nepali ? Being nepali is just not enough to be nepali .bye
RS

****Thu, 17 Nov 2005
Dear MMS,
Thank you for expanding the agenda. You are right that solidarity initself is not self-sustaining. It must have a purpose and from myunderstanding of your email, you have strived to do just that.
You have gone beyond the notion of Nepali solidarity and encapsulatedhumanity, which is wholly acceptable. However, my initial thoughtswere in the scope of Nepalis. Why only Nepalis? well, its because itslike a middle path.. for instance if I take me, my family andfriends.. solidarity can have minimal scope; on the other hand,humanity would entail a maximal scope. I suppose seeking solidarityof Nepalis is a middle ground, and which is applicable to all of usconcerned. There is specific, measurable, achievable,result-oriented, and, time-bound objectives that we can set forsolidarity for the maan, bachaan and karma.
My good friend SRR once told me about "sanskar" and "karma" andhe could expound on the theory once more. Related to his theory, itis my belief that each one must do his "karma", but my worry is thatwe are losing our "sanskar." My worry is not about wearing like anAmerican, eating like a russian, quarelling like an Indian, but myworry is about losing our Nepali identity, and which is substantiatedby problems like pride in modern consumerism that MMS has pointedout to us. I consider modern consumerism not as a vice in itself, butwhen it comes to the attitude of thinking westernism, oranti-nepali-ism, is better, then modern communism becomes perverse.And why or rather how did this attitude penetrate the minds ofNepalis? its becuase we lack solidarity.. we are taught to fight eachother for meagre benefits. There should be healthy competition, butthe bigger picture of being a Nepali should always be the foundationof our thoughts, words and actions.
RS said, "being Nepali is just not enough to be a Nepali." Its apoignant remark if you really think about it. It frees us from anyconventionality and closed boundary because being Nepali does notmean limitations on what you think and what you say or what you do orwhere you are or what you wear or what you eat. Being a Nepali isunderstand deep inside that we are Nepalis and we are proud to be aNepali and what we think, say or do will be guided by thisunderstanding.
When I was talking to my wife about this solidarity movement lastnight, she said to me people might say, "afu America gayera arulaichaatu guff diyo bhanla.." and she is right, there is that risk foreach of us, for those outside Nepal, and for those in Nepal (as areverse case). But whatever anyone says, I believe that lack ofsolidarity is the current problem in Nepal among Nepalis.
Please comment, expand, suggest... whatever. But please keep thesolidarity movement alive.
Best wishes,WOBBLYWORM.

--- MMS wrote:
> Hi WOBBLYWORM,
> > Refreshing mail! I can empathize your perpections. However life in Nepal
> is much different than how you are seeing it from outside. Slowly I am
> seeing no difference being a Nepali or an American: we all have desires and
> we strive to fulfill them, we all are helplessly driven by modern
> consumerism and we seem to have all become of one race: that of consumers.
> Mounting desires and unfulfilled expectations have given rise to corruption
and the Maoists, then to the royal coup of feb 1st 2005. You ask me what I
am ashamed of being? A consumer and a shameless component of the machinery
> of today's economy: the real mayajal.
> Then coming to your agenda of change: 1. discover the pride of a nepal 2. vow Nepali solidarity 3. work as a nepali
> I think that what we look for when staying overseas, is the heaven, that we
> sincerly hope lays somewhere we once belonged. Allow me to re-phrase your
> agenda then: 1. Discover the pride of being a human being devoid of towering
> ambitions, and bottomless desires. 2. Vow the solidarity of a state of loving, giving,
> enjoyment, learning, and selfless service. 3. Work as a true humanitarian, at
> least a real human and not like a machine of the global economy.
> Forgive if this is not what you wanted to read, but I felt guided thus to
> write to you this time. However, I encourage you keep thinking in that line
> and expressing yourself accordingly: this is the first step to becoming a
> true living breathing aware human being.
> MMS