I beg to differ with JK ('Cancha Hajur)'s letter to the editor (#282) regarding the Little Buddha of Bara article (Nepali Pan, 'The little Buddha of Bara', #281). JK points out the dying state of Ram Bahadur Bomzon and says that we should salvage him. Sorry Mr JK, it is not Ram Bahadur Bomzon who needs saving, it is us the Nepali people who need to be saved. At times of grave crisis it is great comfort, solace and hope that this "Little Bodhisattva" provides to the Nepali people, regardless of his intentions. He provides much needed solace psychologically, sociologically and spiritually during a tumultuous period in our history. We should be thanking him for showing us the way of peace-first look within.

Subarna Bhattachan,
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. Only 24/7, 365-day closed-circuit camera surveillance would convince most of us that the meditation is genuine meditation. Otherwise, we can assume that the whole affair is another crafty David Blaine show.

Yagya Khaling Rai,
UK