Such is life indeed. Or is it? :)

Amber - Loved the story and your writing style. You need to write more :)

A couple of quick comments:

(1) I found it quite interesting that the victim you chose was someone who appeared to be a racist Briton who had the audacity to visit a country like Nepal and insult locals. The characterization of the victim served to generate little sympathy for him and brought up questions about whether the victim was inviting injury or death because of his prejudices and stupidity.

(2) Which I found very different from the rest of the story where Samrat was clearly on the receiving end of all things moral. You have done a great job building up his character using events, leading descriptions of him and the characterizations of the other people in his life.

(3) I liked the bold tone of the narrator's voice. Unafraid to talk about social taboos like drugs , infidelity and prostitution. Unhesitant to talk about class on a public forum like Sajha. I am not sure if this was intentional, but I was struck by how the seemingly irreconcilable forces of self indulgence and good moral behavior repeatedly surfaced during the course of the story and exposed what I thought was the underlying hypocrisy that can sometimes creep into people's lives.

All in all, a great read, a refreshing narrative voice and a well written story.

Please keep them coming.

Best wishes.