This is photoshopped. Thank you Messi for the support during the Earthquake.

Waterfall in Argentina.

Yes, I was ignorant because my question posed the negative. I asked them if they hated my country and they replied with nothing but love. This is a valuable lesson. People who believe in rumors must weed to the truth to find what is real and what is assumed. This post was illuminating to me and to a lot of Argentinians. I was able to expose to them where Nepal was so it served some sort of a positive. I even mentioned VisitNepal2020, as requested by the current Tourism Minister of Nepal Honorable Mr. Yogesh Bhattarai.





Mountain Range in Argentina.

On a Thursday afternoon, there was a post on the subreddit r/Argentina titled " Do you guys hate Nepal? " I made this ignorant post. The post was aimed at the members of the Argentinian subreddit because of the memes and the Simpsons comic on their trending page. The answers were not what I expected. Strangers on the internet are always said to be vile and acidic. But from the other corner of the world, a Nepali citizen got nothing but love, support and a few laughs from lovable Argentinians. This has made up my mind that I will visit Argentina at-least once in my lifetime.There was a long running rumor that Argentinians hated Nepali people. The rumor had roots on the infamous Falklands war (Malvinas War), where Gurkha soldiers were deployed by the British Army. As a result, people always told me Argentinians hated Nepali citizens and blamed their involvement. I do not claim to be an expert at this political issue and this article is not about the war but the impact it had on my psyche. I could never fathom this impact, because every world cup, Argentinian football kits swarmed Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal. Messi's face is plastered all over buses and restaurants. Yet, people still told me, Argentinians hate Nepal.This turned out to be entirely untrue. One redditor said, "My father has been to Nepal and he loved it." The other invited me for a round of beer. One asked me to open a liquor shop there and another gave me advice on how to interact with women over there. This made me feel welcomed. Far away, on a random corner of the world, I was grinning and making friends that I may never meet and yet this was a valuable interaction. These people made me want to go to Argentina right then and there. That made me think, how many time have I made such an unconscious effort towards someone. To someone, who had an ignorant question to begin a conversation with.This was a enlightening experience for me. The love that was shared in the discussion was something unexpected and this is what Nepal needs to capitalize on. Nepal and Argentina share a lot of mountains, and Visit Nepal should target these amazing people from this amazing country. They already are compassionate and we want them to visit our country. Compassion breeds love and in these troubling times, love is something we could all share.Follow us on Facebook Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Twitter