Welcome back, Daniel Lak. His 'Thinking the unthinkable' (#272) read like a checklist of things going wrong in Nepal. I would like to second his opinion that Nepal should stop referring to itself as a "yam between two boulders". Use of this metaphor, specially in schools by teachers during history or geography lessons should be discouraged. If our country were just a yam, it would have been crushed by two giant rocks long time ago. If we want to describe the geopolitical reality of Nepal why not describe it as "a pebble positioned in between two boulders". Defeatism reflected in the yam metaphor definitely needs to be cast aside and let's be more imaginitive when defining our country's geographical position.

Sameecheeta Jhangad,
Jhapa