Girja-bashing is going intohigh gear

The ban on old vehicles may not come through. And even if it does, the haze over the Valley will remain.

An expatriate development worker compares Nepal with Tanzania and concludes that a sense of self-worth and political stability are worth more than economic prosperity.

"It's like an addiction. Working as an air traffic controller, every second, every minute counts."

"I was the first person in Bombay to have a ghetto blaster. I walked around with it on my shoulder, playing 'Light my fire'."