I did not completely read the article, but my eyes were cought by a point about granting dual citizenship to foreigners from developed countries. i felt that both the logic and example he provided are wrong. Nepal does not need useless junk like Barbara who can not contribute to Nepalese economy; she just wanted to become a Nepali citizen because she has attachment with Nepal for different reason which has nothing to do with loving and contributing in Nepal.

If you provide those never ever Nepalis our dual citizenship, those westeners with white/brown skins will be treated as a first class citizens of Nepal and we all will be second, third class citizens; government will listen to them all the time and our rights, cultures and many things will be ignored, etc. Even Japan has a closed population where you may not get citizenship even if you are born there if your parents are not Japanese, why should Nepal provide duel citizenship for those from industrialized countries?

Do you think that we can not develop our nation without help from foreigners from industralized countries? Development is not something you import unless you really try hard yourself; you can import knowledge without really importing the people. Nepal ko progress bideshi le gardine bhaye ta our country would be already rich as it has been listening to the knowledgable/skilled people from IMF/World Bank for last 30-40 years. Having said that those Westeners who were/are already in Nepal for 3-4 years and have worked in Nepal or contributed in Nepali economy or society can be given some privileges of a citizen without granting full citizenships.