Flaunt all you have Nepal is a country with good potential. However, it has to do a better job of presenting its image across the world. In the United States of America, most

children do not learn anything about the history or the present circumstances in Nepal. This is unfortunate. The country also needs to do a better job of advertising its unique culture and ideas so that other countries do not think it is insignificant — because it’s not.

Amy Wagner, Hatboro, USA

Outlet

It is reported that the government is trying to send Nepali youths to new employment destinations in Libya, Papua New Guinea and other countries. The government seems to be very alarmed by the situation created by the global financial crisis, which has led to a reduction in the demand for Nepali migrant workers in the Gulf and South Asia. I would like to opine that the remittance economics of the past decade should not be and need not be lucrative economics of the new republic. A pragmatic departure from the

economic policy of the past decade that consists in a strategy of declaring the country “a tax-free and strike-free republic” would open up great economic opportunities for the

Nepali youth in the country. The country needs a sustainable and determined strategy for economic liberalisation that is not dependent on remittance economics and foreign aid.

V P Sayami, Kathmandu

Shocking

Nepali Congress leader Girija Prasad Koirala is a senior and highly respected politician of the country.

His leadership during the historic Jana Aandolan II has been remarkably important. Koirala is also regarded by many as a living icon of democracy. However, he sometimes makes

unpopular comments which do not befit his political stature. His latest remark on the arrest of journalist Rishi Dhamala had many people stunned. Dhamala is under remand on allegations of involvement in extortions and bomb explosions in the capital. If Dhamala is proven guilty, he is likely to be sentenced to several years in jail. Koirala who has such an exalted political status must not show sympathy for such people.

Dhruba Nepal, Chidipani, Palpa

Wily ways

Apropos of the news “Matrika breaks away from UCPN-M” (THT, Feb 12), Matrika Yadav, a Constituent Assembly member, politburo member of UCPN-M and former minister, has best been known for his eccentricities. His antics have time and again grabbed the headlines. He is once again in the spotlight for announcing his split from UCPN-M to form a new party. Political parties have quarrelled over differences, but in time they have also united to

accomplish common objectives. This is perhaps why the Maoists decided to form a united front. Yadav’s long years in politics must have taught him how disintegration weakens a party.

However, it is shocking that instead of making efforts to make his party stronger, he parted ways for seemingly trivial reasons. Would he be able to maintain the norms of

his newly formed party? Only time will tell if his party stands for broader national interest that he has been professing.

Ranju Shrestha, via e-mail