Unyielding Determination: Ankit's Journey of Dreams, Setbacks, and Resilience

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From US, Australia, Canada and Qatar he kept trying. He could have stayed and study in India or Nepal. He stayed thirsty while sitting next to river.

Bennedict

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I hope this is just a story. Too exaggerated, too forced, too contrived, too dramatic, that's how I felt reading through it. I remember reading the true story of that guy (forgot the name) in Nepal who recently burnt himself down because he was facing rejections, failure after failure and numerous betrayals and blah blah while he struggled for his existence. Reading his open letter was also quite dramatic and then reading this is also, no wonder, quite dramatic!

Usually, humans do not tend to dwell in negative emotions, experiences for long. Almost all of us like to forget our tragic past, failures. My Biology teacher told me the same thing, while learning about all those tough biology jargons. We will mug them up for exams and all but once the class is over, we forget those terminology because they gave us enough scare one time already. This is how human nature is, as he said. But this story is kind of opposing that idea. The main character 'Ankit' is constantly dwelling in the past and wailing in the present.

In reality, it is also quite logical to say that we let go of those kind of emotions that generate negativity. If we store all those stuffs in our brains, then this can clog our lifestyle itself, right? So reading this story is like the writer here is thinking of "all kinds" of tragedies that can fall on a single person. That is why it sounds too exaggerated and dramatic like some old Hindi movies. That person, Ankit should have moved on and looked for other opportunities that he seemed to have missed. Going to US, Canada, Qatar or wherever is not the only thing in life. He did not find the true calling of his life.

I left Nepal too because like I said, I was tired of Maobadis and Nepal Banda, Load shedding and some personal reasons. Had I not gotten the visa, I would have tried something there in Nepal itself. But looking back, I think I prepared my case so well that that the counselors could not deny my application easily. FYI I prepared my whole documentation everything myself unlike now when I see people are paying consultancies to prepare the application case for you.

But still will give some commendation to Xkabhre for pouring out all his frustrations of not being in US like this. Dude, get out of this zone, do something worthwhile for yourself if not for the country.

edv2023

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this is so frustrating, wish it had a happy end like this one :
https://goodnight.ncsu.edu/dreams-without-borders/

xkavrepalanchok

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@Bennediet, this story by Ankit is completely grounded in reality. Have you recently been to Nepal? Perhaps you are unaware of the current unrest among the youth or how the prospect of going abroad is viewed in Nepal nowadays. Nearly everyone in my family and relatives has already settled abroad, leaving only me behind. And this situation isn't unique to my family; it is prevalent throughout Nepal. The craze for going abroad is so extreme that you can only witness it at TIA airport.

You may not be able to fully grasp the situation, but that's not your problem. It's possible that every Nepali who has gone to the US could at least comprehend it, but it seems they are too preoccupied to recognize that this issue is not caused by them, nor do they have any connection to it.

xkavrepalanchok

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@edv I didn't read the entire story, but it appears that the protagonist in the narrative is European, so I decided not to continue reading it. To be honest, the story may not resonate with people like us who have different immigration systems, because we are from a brown Asian background.

Bennedict

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xkavre,

I agree to some of your arguments. I went to Nepal last year and witnessed that. Even in my relative circle, I saw most of the older generations there in Nepal with most of the younger lot abroad. Like when I visited my relatives' houses, I noticed they have like 3-4 storied house built, right and then they have rented out some floors and the others its only the old parents living in one of the floors and that too with several empty rooms there. All the rooms are clean and adorned with photographs and achievement certificates of their kids but the kids and their families nowhere around. Only old couples living in this big house alone!! I kind of got scared for them, what happens in case of emergencies, robberies?

I agree the craze is there for most of the young lot to go abroad and settle there, but you cannot say that every other young person is gone. There are a lot of innovations happening in there too spearheaded by younger lot. Especially in the field of media, online world, movies, TV world. Like last time I found online this studio working from Kathmandu who is making VFX for Hollywood movies, I was like "Really"?? I have seen a couple of my IT friends who are working in multinational IT projects remotely from home itself in Nepal. See there are people like them who are there. Not everyone wants to be abroad, right?

And to say that people like "us" who are abroad already are the motivation factor for newer generation to go abroad, may be it is true to some levels. There may be some connection, but we have to carve our own niche in life brother, not copy somebody else or envy others for what they have.

lazyketa

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Just giving a bump to this thread because sajha has been lately consumed by a bunch of copy paste warriors and so called "i know everything, whatever i say is right" type who if gets questioned - easily get triggered, kind of folks.

As @Bennedict said your story is some what true but little bit exaggerated but hey might have really happened to someone.

I wish there are more contents like this in sajha.

Gaitundey

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if his sole purpose was education he could get education anywhere. Even if he did get visa how was he going manage to study good working 60 - 70 hours. He just wanted to be away from Nepal.

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