Loan words are nothing new to those who make language study their field. So, words and expressions from any source are always welcome as long as they don’t impact on the sentiments. But, when diseases drop in as uninvited guest then it’s time to sit up and do something. Virus, bacteria and such scourge heralds have proved to be invincible even with the sophisticated medical science that we have at our disposal. Bird flu may look insignificant in Nepal, as no human has succumbed to its attack here, though thousands of chicken and ducks have had their day cut short. It is more to do with the gluttons that the non-vegetarians are.

More than anything, poultry farming, family size or commercial, is there to whet the appetite of the connoisseurs who have come to believe in the related nutritional facts besides the palate tingling experience. It’s the alien of a virus that has become the real scoundrel sending the chill down the spine of the poultry lovers. And, to top off the pie is that the national economy suffers, job numbers dwindle, business goes down, and the fear of untimely death makes its entry. In all this, the media naturally has to poke its nose in the name of disseminating bird flu dossier to fulfil the mission of the right to information guaranteed by the state. Maybe the media succeeds in hammering home the strategies to get the stranglehold on the bird flu virus.