Here is a snippet of a copy of the aofore-mentioned article. Are talking about the Bahun Chhetri inference? And are saying that the author is implying that the tea estate was well run and managed because of absence of Bahun-Chhetris and somehow Nepal would be better off if we could somehow get rid of all of these "corrupt" Bahun Chhetris? Badamtam could rightly be called one of the most ideal and perfect British-owned and -managed tea plantations in entire Darjeeling. It was peaceful, orderly, tranquil, efficient and oriented to work and production. I never saw any breakdown of law and order; not a single policeman entered the garden on any pretext. The management and the non-unionised workers settled all differences and irregularities between them. The management was entirely in the able hands of Nepalis, except for the two British planters - the Bada Saheb and Chhota Saheb. The only two other non-Nepalis in Badamtam were the Bengali doctor and the Bihari merchant with his ration shop and provision store. In my time, Badamtam Tea Estate's chief accountant was a Gurung, his two assistants were a Rai and a Yakha. The headmaster was a Tamang. The chief mechanic at the motor workshop was a Pradhan. Limbus, Mukhiyas, Dewans and other Nepalis worked as clerks, teachers, drivers, tea treatment technicians, carpenters and electricians and manned other official and supplementary departments. I saw not a single Bahun or Chhettri in Badamtam but Kamis or Bishwakarmas worked as ironsmiths and operated the foundries, the lathes and other machines in the factory complex. Some Damai families worked briskly as tailors. A couple of regular Mussalman "biscuitwalla"-s made rounds of the garden, selling their tasty biscuits, buns, puffs, "queen" cakes and delicious meatballs off their large tin boxes which they carried on their thickly turbaned heads. Life in general, I must admit, was indeed good in Badamtam Tea Estate of the Lebong Tea Company.