I would like to applaud Suresh Ojha's initiative ('Silicon Valley to Kathmandu Valley', #180). Only a handful of Nepalis return to Nepal with such a mission. Ojha's optimism amidst the grim situation that hinders visionaries like him is admirable. After reading his article, it sounds like Ojha has just started getting firsthand experience dealing with Nepal's bureaucracy that tends to work against those who plan to help the nation. Nepal always had great engineers. What Nepal lacks are business experts who can compete in a challenging global IT market and export IT services of significant scale and quality.

P Thapa,
Maryland, US