San, how about featuring some of the people mentioned on this thread?

VivashMe

Wouldn't "Top 10 Accomplish_ers in their professions" better describe the list? Whatever personal accomplishments one has accomplished within their profession would be different than a generalized accomplishment thru contribution to (Nepali?) society, IMHO. _diwas

NK wrote:

....Hahooguru's list) to be an "accomplished Nepali." What a joke if not pathetic.


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I was disappointed to see the start "What a joke if not pathetic." from a well
recognized personality in Sajha.com. As you said that you had experience
of Int'l blend in some other thread. The sentance "What a joke .." surely looked
like "eating gundruk with ketchup", I mean you surely are not that much
negative in real, as you posted here. If you are really so (start with negative
comments), then, the "Int'l blend" is really equivalent to eating gundruk
in Tomato ketchup, and I mean its really hard to understand you in the
developed world where peoples are less sarcastic atleast at the very beginning,
unlike to our Nepali society, where peoples are very negative, sarcastic
and pessimistic at the beginning and finally, they end up with positive thinking.

Well, I wish I was able to tell what I meant. If you are satisfied, I might have
to realize that you wrote those sentance by mistake or NOT with bad
intention (referring your 2nd posting in this thread), but, went to wrong
direction unknowingly.


hGxP

About Hohalla's "thinkin' positively" thing!!
Hey, its about you. i think ure one of the nepalese and maybe thats the reason why you think negatively, even when you are preaching about how nepali thinks negatively. i mean to say, your negative remarks on the negativity of nepali people's thinkin' is just because u're one nepali. I think you should start thinkin' positively before you tell someone to think positively. once again, back to the full circle, dispite your tellin' other nepali people to think positively, your remark is fully based on negative side. kinda like that.

but by the way, i am glad that nobody took the name of the politicians or sons and daughters of royal family or politician.

HahooGuru,

I take that line back. I did not realize it would generate such a bad vibe. Sometimes I underestimate the power of words. But, EVERYTHING remains the same. Also as I stated in my last paragraph, if that engineer (I forgot his name and I am too lazy to go to the other thread to get the name) will be on MY list if she/she has some recognized contribution for the society at large. Also Samrat Upadhaya. And I have said why.

Personally, I think you both NK and Hahaguru got some issues... Please reevaluate yourself and don't always think of "win win" situation. So I recommend you guys reading that book "don't sweat small things". If you guys don't spend too much time debating on worhtless crap such as "positive thinking"... May be you Nk or hahaguru might end up in this top ten accomplished list... PEACE.

I take one line back . I didn't mean to say "positive thinking". What I meant to say is spending too much time just debating on the term itself and trying to prove you are right is worthless.

Hahoo!

When one posts their own view or thoughts on any open forum, there always will be comments made by fellow posters. Negative as well as positive comments should be taken as a constructive criticism (may be with falame chiura). Once you post a Top Ten list with people full of PHDs and DRs. without any further information on their any other achievements and contribution to society, people here in sajha, have a right to comment on it. We all know that you are not their biographer. All you had to do was add a line or two after each individual about their achievements and contributions that you thought made them worthy of your TOP TEN list. Please don’t ask people to TAKE IT AS IT IS because you said so. So lets hear why these people made your TOP TEN list. It will definitely enlightened me and I am sure many more in Sajha. Please don’t use excuse like “I am not their biographer.”

Keep on Hahooing!

def

Amen def!

The more I read this thread, the more convinced I am that NK is right-- in fact she convinced me. I initially thought that PhD and M.D.( good schools,etc...) were all that mattered, but not now. I think their contribution is essential. If these PhD and M.D. are great, you should say how..........

Thank you UKS. One convert! That is not bad. A small step for sajha.com a giant leap for Nepalis!!!!!!

And thank you also to those who saw my point.

I think Comrade Prachanda and Dr. Baburam Ram should be in this list too along with our other Military Strategist. Like Comrade Badal and Comrade Rajesh

jai jana-nepal

how about a single nepali mother who raises a child alone?
OR
A nepali girl/guy from a village who comes here and makes more than the average income a natural citizen makes?

I think all of the above should be commended as well!!

The time when we just revered doctors has long passed and this forum is an image of that.

Dear NK,

Thanks for your kindness and I join you in withdrawing the postings
I sent because of appearance of those lines. The following
two postings are virtually withdrawn (virtual meant I can not
delete them from San's server, but, this posting should
virtually purge the earlier statements):

1. Posted on 04-18-02 6:35 PM Reply | Notify Me

2. Posted on 04-19-02 5:30 AM Reply | Notify Me

I regret for the inconvenience caused to public because of those postings.

Thanks for your kind patience (chk. spl.?).

hGxP

Dear Sajha friends,

It seems everyone seem to agree that Samrat ji is the most accomplished Nepali in the United States.
The criteria suggested seems to be following:

1. Awards
2. Positive Media Coverage (national and/or international)
3. Level of contribution to his/her field
4. May be (level contribution with respect to Nepalis community in the US or back to Nepal)

Can you think of any other criteria? There must be other people in the US in addition to Samratji who fall into above criteria.

ViVashMe

who is SAMRAT?

Here is more info about Samrat:
http://www.suskera.com/feature/samrat.html

The Most Successful Neapli.... who else? but me. There is no other soul who is more successful than me. I am not going to listen to some other nepali who are bothering themselves to find who is most accomplished Nepali, rather than looking to themself. Don't you think you are successful since the day you came to America? Maybe you made friends, bunch of friends, may be you fell in and outta Love, Yesterday you used to think twice even buying "FRIES", today you bought a pack of marlboro and six pack beer in a snap. May be you are more educated than the day you came to America ,if you go to school. Even if you don't go to school, you might have realized that the Indian's, who we hated the most, came as a life saver when we needed job in the gas station and other things. May be you have learned few new english words everyday and your accent is improving.

I know how much pain i went through in the beginning, and how much i was humilated, how much i was inflicted, how inferority complex i grew up on myself. But, i overcame those shit. Isn't tha my success?? If i was not successful, i would be begging for a penny in some street corner. Atleast i dont' do that. I am successful because even my ability to buy drugs, i never abused it. Isn't that my success? I never misbehaved girls, and didn't bang her when she was drunk. wasn't i successful? I stood on my pride, never let myself down, always believed in RESPECT and HARDWORK, isn't that success? well you dont have to make money to be success. You just have to be successful enuff to make a little bit of money.

The pain ive been thru is mine. And the little relief and succes i get right now is also mine. Why would i wanna share my #1 most accomplished nepali position with anybody else? i am successful than before. and i feel i am the most successful. I don't brag about mine being bravest coz my forefathers were warrior. i fight every minute on my own, and my forefather would not be a shit help when i needed them. I don't feel greatest coz there is mount everest in my country. I still gotta find my Everest. once i find it, i am untouchable.

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Freek, I agree with you.

Sounds like they are doing something similar in the ANA convention in DC.
See call for Nominations on the Event section.
http://www.gbnc.org/sajha/html/eventdetail.cfm?eventid=67

-ViVashMe

It looks like we will know most accomplished Nepalis in the US at the ANA convention on coming Friday, July 5th. The award ceremony seems to be scheduled from 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM. Here are the URL that can be helpful for planning if you are attending the convention: http://4.21.135.131/ana/page1.asp http://www.ana-home.org
-ViVashMe