Hey lil sis Swaati: In referring to Palpali Gaunle's post, I was calling attention to "truest part of Nepal". The superlative used in the context is loaded because it is highly subjective. To elaborate my point, let's take a different perspective: Which is the "truest part of US"? Boston... because of the Boston Brahmins? California, because of Hollywood? NY because it symbolizes the mecca of US capitalism?Jametown... because of the early settlers? Surely not TX and or New Mexico... because of too many Spanish speaking people... or is it just good old TX, Nevada, Arizona because it was where the cowboys rode into the sunset????! You see, one sweeping generalization does not hold true for all of US and neither does it hold true for Nepal. Hence, my curious query. As for Harka Bahadur's book, I have not read and I am leery of any one anthropologist/sociologist who would choose one beautiful place from a whole country to identify as "The One" (if he has done so in the book).