Will things ever be the same again after Covid-19? No. This pandemic has had such a devastating effect on the world that things will never be the same again. It is like the plagues of old. They are seared into the collective memory and consciousness of the population, fear and grief imprinting themselves in people’s …
Why is telling the truth always undiplomatic? An English ambassador wrote 400 years ago “A diplomat is an honest man sent by his country to lie abroad”. He got into trouble with king James I about that. But I have also realised that people don’t like being told the hard truth or the real truth. …
The last 2 days, we’ve had beautifully clear weather and we can see northwards right across the Terai to the Manaslu range of mountains. The highest of these peaks we can see from our house are Ganesh Himal I at 7429 m and Himalchuli at 7893 m. They are so high one could mistake them …