Nepali Times

If you are tired of Kathmandu's seedy airport, wait it out on the upper deck

After completing his MBA in Sydney in 2001, Roshan Bahadur Thapa returned to Nepal to start the South Asia School of Tourism and Hotel Management (SASTHM) in Biratnagar. Thapa was warned that Biratnagar was not a tourist-friendly city but eight years later, he says he made the right choice. Extracts of interview:

The pitfalls of meddling with fans

Impunity, patronage, politics and caste make an explosive mix