@homeyji,  it makes lot of difference where you brought up and how you brought up. For example, if you have read the some of nepali literature that tenthfractal mentioned, then you might feel the difference. A daughter of famous diplomat, who is educated and brought up in the west,  got all the luxury of the west, with little influence of nepalase culture and history, can not have the same feelings-at least I have not found that. I have been reading her pieces in Nepali times ( which is primarily for foreign diplomat and neo elites) as well. Again, I am not commenting her way of writing, but substance wise I do not find anything soooo exciting as media created big hype. In nepal, there are very few, and if some one gets her book published it becomes "whaaaawooo" especially amongst the fiction reader, nobody gives shit about who won Sajha Puruskar or Madan Puruskar? Do we even know their name?? lol..this is reality and sheer hypocrisy.  MT is well good material for NY times, but think how many times we see the article published in NYtimes about third world or nepal is appropriate? If it is for sake of english reading, I would still read or reread Ayn Rand, George Orwell, or  Dan Brown or so on.

Btw, if you reread her passages, in the book and look at the present political situation of the coutry, that presents comlete paradox, which clearly indicates her lack of understanding of ground reality of our political situation (not to mention she did participate actively in janaandolan ii) and recently I read her another piece, in which she argued differently, I will post that to you if I will find. The bottom point is while we may like literary articulative skills of author, not necessarily that will present the best fact. For example, Khagendra Sangrola, who has excellent style of writing but his substance is always biased and conjecture.

So, for nepali literature or to understand nepali ground situation, I would still read nepali authors while for english -there are many classic and modern writers. When I read and that too about the place, I like to read culture, history, and flavor of that place not distorted and esoterically distorted story.