Although the article is well-written, I see some problems. Nepalis need to be exposed, hence as many as possible should go abroad. They will learn, earn. Although in the short term Nepal may lack some dynamic intellectuals, many of the folks will finally come back. If not for education abroad, our country would not have had even good teachers, forget about strategists, engineers, doctors etc. Now back to India and China. India can afford to send students abroad in the millions because they had sent in the hundreds about 100/200 years ago. The same is true for China. Remember Gandhi, Nehru! The same will be true in Nepal. Sometimes you need to wait, too. You can't do anything about time... time has to pass by but in the mean time you need to be in action. I cannot believe the writer is blaming the Lok Sewa, the problem is not Lok Sewa at all. It is the students themselves. After reading, studying all sh-it all over the world you cannot understand Nepal Parichaya etc what are you talking about? You want to take exams in English, I may agree. But about Nepal you got to know. Know very well, in fact or else forget about government jobs. For all the problems Nepal is facing, you can blame the Shahs and Ranas. Then blame the rest of the Nepalis for keeping the country in the dark. Our days will come ... one day! I have a suggestion to the writer .. try to imagine how daunting a task it must have been for Nehru and Gandhi to pull together the country they loved so much! They succeeded, apparently.