I just read the article by Rupa Joshi ("Tears and roses, #49) on your Internet edition. And I must congratulate her on one of the best piece of writing on Nepal I have seen in a while. She provides a compelling critique of the fly-by-night variety of journalism that is insufferably shallow and conceited, yet incredibly powerful. Joshi's analysis could be just as true of the mainstream media coverage on Africa, Middle-East or any other third world country. Hopefully writings like this will provoke the public to subject the media to the same scrutiny that it has on government, parties and institutions.

S Thapa
New York