The life in America seems fabulous. The hearsay has attracted many of my friends and relatives, who wasted no time doing what the others did. In 2003, the renowned DV-Lottery brought a tremendous quake in the cities of Nepal, especially the capital. It was a great surprise to know that around three lakh Nepalese citizens filled the form. This very fact clearly depicts the craze of the Nepalese citizens to migrate to the land they metaphorically call a dreamland. Hundreds of billboards could be seen in the streets of Kathmandu.
Some of these people did try to persuade me with the allurements so-called bright future 'guarantee', that is, if one gets to be lucky. They dream of ample opportunities and enough earnings to return back home to spent prosperous lives. Additionally, they can always justify this escapism with the country's growing violence, unemployment growth and precarious future. I, for one, strongly oppose the idea on several grounds.
I ask: why is America a dreamland? Is there everything for free? Or don't we have to slug hard? Or, does America distribute resources for free? Have any luck seekers given a serious thought before filling up a form or migrating to America? What is the cost to Nepal in terms of time, resources and energy as it drains away such productive human resources? A significant ethical question lies in front of America as well – should it not bear any liabilities for the cost a least developed country, like Nepal, bears in producing such productive human resources that it taps so conveniently? Even if the selection process is completely impartial as we are led to believe, we, nevertheless, must not miss out on the concern over such a drain on this side of the globe. From our side, this whole 'phenomenon' is shameful, pitiful and disastrous.
Nepal spends millions in education programs in the country in order to produce qualified and competent human resource that is const
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