Holidays in excess

This year’s Tamu Lhosar was celebrated on 15 Paush (30^th December). With no hard feelings for Tamu community, I want to say that there is one another holiday gone wasted. For the calendar year 2073, there are all together 50 (I will fact-check this) public holidays minus Saturdays. Wow, what a large number!

(P. C. - http://www.nepalmountainnews.com/cms/archives/46251)

Poor countries have more holidays than any other more developed & rich country. Poorer people have more problems, sorrows and hardship. Weak economic conditions oblige them to do works that demand high physical effort rather intellect. resulting into them having desire for more moments and chances to have fun or light moments.

Christmas is actually celebrated by only 4% of the total population in Nepal. Grant holiday only for Christian people.

Bulk Leave

A working person may not be interested in some random holidays like that for religious events. S/he should get leave when she falls sick though. Sick leave is actually already in practice in many organizations operating in our country. Nevertheless, you can’t ignore the fact that worker want to travel. In such cases, she must get leave for a fortnight or a month to travel and have fun. Today’s working youth are more interested in getting bulk leave than having random leave for this purpose. Our generation generally don’t care about what religion you follow or for this matter what festival you celebrate. They just want to have fun and experiment with their dreams and aspirations.

Work More

By default, you have to work hard to achieve faster infrastructure development. I vividly remember what current ambassador to China and ex Chief Secretary of Nepal government Leelamani Poudyal was Trade Envoy (Mahabanijyadut) for Lhasa, capital of Tibet. I have read his interview about incidents and experiences while working in Lhasa. “Greeneries were very limited near Potala Palace. No well-grown, tall trees were nearby to see. At that time, a meeting of high delegates was called for.

To be continued...