San bro,

As the Setopati piece put it, "she is guilty of good intentions and bad planning". Or as the saying goes no good deed goes unpunished.

The allegations of sexual misconduct, from what I can gather, are a bunch of BS.

As far as squalid conditions are concerned, they are common place in old age homes in Nepal. The real issue here might be the fact that she is a public figure who has collected donations in the name of helping others and the media feels entitled to audit her and decide whether or not she is doing a good job. That is the culture we seem to be living in. Vigilante journalism, vigilante activism etc.

I am not surprised at Umesh Shrestha and My Sansar chasing after this story. What is strange is Cosomos Bishwakarma (My Republica) and Prateek Pradhan (still at Nagarik I presume) choosing to stake their reputations by putting this story front and center in their newspapers. Let's hope SSP Kharel does a thorough investigation of this and gets to the bottom of things.