Nepali Times

What do we do, eradicate politicians with diplomatic pesticide?

I leant over to the bewildered pilot, on his third run from Pokhara, and gave him my best Humphrey Bogart. "Fly it again, Sam."

If an enemy wanted to sabotage whats left of Nepals economy this is what they would do: shut down all hotels indefinitely. Instead, we are doing it to ourselves.

Cynical as we may be about South Asian talk fests, they need to keep happening. It is the last remaining chance for Indians, Pakistanis and the rest of us to meet. Without these junkets, we would be even more remote.