Happy about what?

Happiness, for Nepalis, has remained a dream deferred for quite long.

“One must imagine Sisyphus happy,” writes Albert Camus of his tragic hero whom he has left at the foot of the mountain once again. Having defied gods, Sisyphus has been punished to roll a rock uphill, an impossible task that ends in the rock rolling back to the foothill, from where he has to start again. What makes Sisyphus a hero is his zeal to make each step of his journey meaningful notwithstanding the failure that is to follow, and his attitude that “all is well”.