I am not a very regular reader but I think this is the best paper that comes out of Nepal by a long shot. I do not read the vernaculars but your translation of the Nepali press makes up for it and most of your paper is great with such good writers like CK Lal, Majushree Thapa and my favourite, Kunda Dixit.

S Thapa, email

. I was intrigued to read in Kunda Dixit's Under My Hat ('Before we go, the main points once again', #225) that International Corruption Day was observed in Kathmandu with 'special talk programs, rallies, tyre-burning, street riots and arson'. Good to see that Nepal is catching up with America on this front. Go for it, Nepalis! Maybe one day George Bush will become your president.

J Swan, email

. Stop, Kunda Dixit. I have nearly choked twice on my breakfast in the past two weeks reading your paper backwards. You are becoming a health hazard.

Gwen Sharpe, email