Nepal being a country between two enormous and powerful nations has certain influence of the world events. The major cities are affected by the world events like price hike in food products, petroleum products and many more. Whereas some remote regions of my country have no knowledge nor care about what is happening around the world. The government of Nepal is not stable and the nation is not able to develop the country uniformly. The nation is going to suffer, mostly the major cities because of globalization. Almost 95 percentages of imports are done by the government from neighbouring countries China and India. Hence, in present situation, the nation could be the victim of crisis because of world events.
Urban Region of Nepal
Firstly, the nation does not have enough budgets to live on its own and nowadays, Nepal cannot improve and perform development activities without having peaceful policies with foreign nation as the nation does not have complete resources to develop the nation. Hence, the foreign policies and the world events which are interconnected with each other have some effects on my country. The rise in prices of food products and petroleum products in the cities affected the lifestyle of people in our country few months ago. The rise in population and the global change of prices made the country suffer from huge crisis in the valley last month. Hence, economy of the nation does get affected by the global change.
Similarly, sociocultural aspects also affect the nation as the world is a global village. Nepal has been affected by the foreign language and foreign lifestyles. It is not a surprise to see private boarding schools making English language their first priority and forcing students to communicate in it whenever they can. Housing styles have been affected too as we can see large number of apartments with various designs in Kathmandu valley. Likewise, Nepalese go wild over Hollywood and Hollywood songs, movies and celebrities. Nepalese enjoy the various social networking sites like facebook, twitter and many more where people can communicate with each other, share ideas, pictures and many other things to be done.
Lumbini, the birthplace of Gautam Buddha
Moreover, we are affected by the world events concerning environmental issues and health issues. The major problem for the world could be the global warning which will surely affect Nepal. The ices of Himalayas are melting and glaciers are expanding and some are in the verge of eruption. The pollution created from the industries of developed nations, the under developed and developing countries like Nepal might be the victim of great disaster caused by global warming. As a matter of fact, the diseases get widespread and results in health problems. Finally, Nepal will suffer from massive deaths of people and suffer from crisis due to world events like global warming and many other problems concerning environmental issues. Furthermore, the pollution from the neighbouring nation India is carried to Nepal by monsoon winds resulting acid rain. As a result, the terrestrial as well as aquatic animals and plants, monuments and traditional buildings get destroyed.
Furthermore, Nepalese politics have been influenced by the foreign political events and ideologies. All the twenty five political parties which constitute the recent Constituent Assembly have different views and ideas as forming the government as these parties are highly influenced by the foreign parties. For instance, Maoists, the one who gained the highest votes in the election, want the government like that of United States of America where the president is given full power whereas Nepali Congress, the one who got the second highest votes in the election, want the Prime Minister be given full authority like that of Indian government. Hence, the global political events do and have influenced Nepal.
Mountain View from Remote Region
However, there are some regions where people’s lifestyles are not affected by the rise in petroleum products and many other things and people do not care and have no knowledge on various entertaining factors like international sporting events, social networking sites and many more. The number of tourists that visit Nepal will not mean anything to people who are facing various discrimination in remote areas.
In conclusion, Nepal is influenced by the world events but, it depends on which part or sector are we talking about like urban or remote, rich or poor and facilitated or impoverished. Only the urban regions are affected by the world events and it has no influence on remote areas as they have their own resources and entertainment factors. Hence, it is wise to say that only certain regions of Nepal are affected by the global happenings.
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