I was astonished to be misquoted in Under my hat ('Timeless news', #170). Firstly, our paper is The Sinking Nepal, not The Uprising Nepal as mentioned. Let's face it, Nepal has never risen up (and one wonders why we even have a paper called The Rising Nepal). If by 'Uprising' you mean 'revolting' then that too is controversial. Also, in The Sinking Nepal we had clearly quoted 'security forces' as the source of the news item which read: "As a matter of interest, we want to ask you if it is also the usual practice in your country to make messages of felicitations such as these headlines in your state-owned media? Because it is over here. Ciao."

M Thapa
Editor-in-Chief
The Sinking Nepal