I have long since given up reading CK Lal, since I found so much of what he wrote to be wrong-headed (eg: India is a lackey of the US?). But the subheader on his State of the State column ('Model multilateralism', #242) piqued my interest. Having read the piece, and as a fellow human being and expat in Nepal, let me say thank you to CK Lal for giving your pen and your position to express those thoughts.

Charles Sydnor,
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