forget-kathmandu: 'Forget Kathmandu' is the title of a book written by eminent Nepali writer Manjushree Thapa. In the book she describes the country's tumultuous political history as Nepal now transitions from a monarchy to federal republic — an elegy for democracy she says.
From bullet to ballot some may say, yet Nepal faces teething problems from agitating political parties crippling — through strikes, protests, torch rallies and rioting — the country and its day to day activities.
Though the abolishment of the monarchy renewed much hope for their country, this becomes a source of frustration for its people as they constantly advise others, foreigners like me, to simply, forget Kathmandu.
