welcome to a "new nepal" characterized by anarchy, chaos, fuel/water/power crisis, abductions, killings, insecurity, acute poverty, hunger, nepotism, communal violence... you name it. i would much rather perfer the "old nepal" which, in hindsight, was the golden era of nepal and unfortunately for us i think the best days are well and truly behind us. coming back to the topic at hand, what further distresses me is that by agreeing to pay the collossol ransom to the kidnappers the victim has actaully done more harm than good because this will strongly encourage the other criminals to follow suit.