What the Bump?

What the Bump?
So today I revcieved an e-mail from my mom with a link to a blog, which weirdly enough is from a group at Marquette, that had an article on Nepal. I have enclosed the address for the story.

http://www.mu-warrior.blogspot.com/

Now while we all had a good laugh when we read this article in the paper here, (not at them, but at how Nepal it is) it also really frustrates me. Why is this the piece of news that people see? I wasn’t really frustrated about this until today on my walk home from class. As I was walking home I saw a sign for the Nepal Air which made me think of the article, and then I looked in front of me to see Didi’s fighting there way with any containers they had for water that was flowing from a water truck, and I thought of how most people are on day 4 with out water (if you can afford to buy a tank of water, you have it, if not you don’t). Then as I walked on I noticed the miles of cars and bikes that are lined up for Petrol, and realize that this is such a common sight to me now, because there has been a shortage since I’ve been here. Most people pull there car into line and leave it knowing it won’t move for hours, many leave them over night to hold their spot. But it really got me when two street kids came up saying “Khanna Dinus” (please give me food) and then placed their head at my feet, which means their heads the most sacred place is less then my feet the most profane part. And my attempts to stop them with “testo bichaar nagarnus” or “teso nabhanus” Don’t think that or Don’t say that, didn’t make sense, because that is the value they feel. Which is hard for me, regardless that I know its because of that they do it. (Street kids are a whole different post) But no one hears about this, no, the news is that a wealthy man decided to slaughter two goats for an airline. Isn’t that cute? Hell, even the bombings here barley made news. And I know I am incredibly bias because I live here, and that there are many countries like Nepal that you never hear about, but to realize that the story that people do hear is something about goats? That’s just infuriating. After researching news sites, I realized that it was the most common story for Nepal; in fact on the BBC it was the story of the day for Wednesday! It’s a sad day when you realize that slaughtering goats for a plane is more newsworthy then people’s lives.