Paradigm shift needed:

Aditya Man Shrestha’s bragging about his ability to read King Gyanendra’s mind in the article titled “Political developments” published in THT on Sept. 28 is wide off the mark. King Birendra did not surrender power of his own volition but bowed down to popular wish in 1990. But after these politicians brought the country to this present pass in a mere 15 years, thus causing untold misery to the people, King Gyanendra decided to step in because the country was going through a free for all. The preamble to the 1990 Constitution expected this role of him. So the King’s acts should be analysed more against the political space yielded by our corrupt politicians than as independent variables on their own. There is a need for paradigm shift in Shrestha’s analysis.

Bihari Krishna Shrestha, Green Block, Patan Dhoka

Rebuff:

This is in response to reports published with regard to Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey’s visit to the United Nations summit recently. It is crystal clear that Pandey’s visit was fruitless. We are convinced that the royal allies are even detested by the international community. The King-led game of politics will not last long. The world detests this sort of politics in which the people’ s fundamental rights and civil liberties are curtailed.

Dhananjay Shah, Kirtipur

Funny side:

I was surprised to read the letter ‘Vulgar’ in THT on September 28. ‘Just in Jest’ is nothing but the romantic side of THT. It was rather informative and tried to destroy the deep-rooted and disgusting concept about ‘sex’ in Nepali society. People prove themselves to be gentle but mock at those who talk or write in a seductive way. This is human psychology. Our thinking that “One who talks sensually is a bad person” is wrong. The letter-writer must do away with his rusted philosophy. I support Hi Lama for his uncovering truth in a funny way.

Ramesh Koirala, via e-mail

Laudable:

The article titled “Taking Criticism in your stride’ by Vipul Kabra, published in THT on September 26 in Positive Living of Variety was really appreciable. It displays the reality, the bitter truth of one’s life, which is very hard to accept. If adopted seriously in life, the article can be helpful to construct one’s life in a beautiful way. The article was like a moral lesson. The writer has successfully tried to make the role of criticism clear for a successful life. I hope you will encourage such articles in future.

Krishna Kumar Maheswori, Kathmandu

Blame:

This letter is in response to Dipesh Parajuli’s Midway piece titled “E-mail etiquette” published in THT on September 21. No one can deny the use of shoddy grammar and abandoned punctuation which is on the rise but it is not wise to blame the Internet. It is we who use the Internet and introduce such monstrosities. We cannot escape our responsibility by blaming others. How can we say that a person who uses such an abbreviated language while using the Internet can’t use it while writing a letter? In a nutshell, we ourselves are to blame.

Parasmani Pageni, via e-mail