Thank you for Manjushree Thapa's "Misogyny amid the Intellectuals" (#103). I have many times thought of returning to Nepal, whether out of nostalgia, or as a participant in its growth. But articles like these leave me shuddering as a woman, at the narrow-mindedness of the caveman generation and its derisive subjugation. I feel sick and violated, as did Sapana Malla. I guess I am too weak to return and face that kind of ugliness.

V Lamsal,
USA

. To the person ("Misogyny", Letters, #104) who wrote in anonymously, doubting my claim to have been threatened: you should be ashamed of yourself. (Oh, I guess you already are, since you withheld your identity.) What was cheap was not my writing about the threat, but the original threat, and your silly attempt to discourage me from writing further about it. From now on, spare 'intelligent' Nepali women your double-speak about what is and isn't appropriate to discuss in public. Your condescension comes through loud and clear.

Manjushree Thapa
Kathmandu