When Canadians served George Bush beef at a state dinner, they were at least making a point about their BSE-free cows. If we were to follow Lak's advice ('Gundruk diplomacy', #224) and have Manmohan Singh ingest gundruk, lapsi and aila, the only point we'd prove is that Khalsas and Nepali delicacies don't go together. I can just imagine the Indian PM seated next to the king at a banquet, squirming in his seat, trying to hold in his breath along with the rumble in his tummy threatening to break out at any moment from the wrong end.

D Sagar, email