Many thanks to Kishore Nepal for his report on the displaced people of my native district of Baitadi ('Nothing left to lose', #191). Although I am far away from Nepal at present, I can imagine how Maoist brutality and harassment by the security forces is affecting locals. Going home last year, I experienced how the security detail near Dadeldhura army barrack treated ordinary Nepalis. May 2061 brings peace to our motherland.

Laxmi Bhatta,
Singapore