I read the interview of Indian ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherji ('There was another road map', #236) and was struck by the questions your interviewer posed to him. Asking him the 'gist' of the message he was carrying to His Majesty, the 'Indian stand for constitutional monarchy and multiparty democracy', the 'military assistance to the Royal Nepali Army' and so on. Are you a RAW agent? As a Nepali don't you feel ashamed to ask questions like the 'stated objective of India to strengthen the RNA's capacity' and 'pressures that (India) can bring to bear to get the parties on board'? The questions to the Indian ambassador should have been 'when are you handing over Prachanda and Baburam to Nepal', or 'why do you think that your job in Nepal is to take position on matters internal to the Nepali people'?

Dibya B Gurung,
New York