It was heartening to read British Charge d'Affaires Andrew Mitchell (#100) emphasise the root cause of current violent insurgency in Nepal. Clare Short rightly said that corruption, exclusion and discrimination must be addressed and tackled. Mr Mitchell seems to agree with her and others with similar beliefs. Unfortunately, apart from your paper, no other media has bothered to even mention these underlying factors. Nepali leaders must act now to deal with the serious underlying causes of present violent insurgency, especially the exclusion, discrimination, alienation and poverty otherwise similar crises will occur in future even if we manage to win the war against the Maoists.

G Rai, UK