Nepal, March 18 -- One constant public gripe is that the functioning of the Nepali state remains essentially unchanged no matter which political parties come to power. This has a lot to do with the reluctance of those in the government to act against corrupt politicians and high-level officials, even as the corrupt on the lower rungs of the state hierarchy are eagerly prosecuted. Take the most talked about gold scams. In the past, various committees have been formed to investigate the smuggling of gold into the country and they have submitted their probe reports after rigorous studies. But little comes out of those reports, which, most often, are not even made public. Last Thursday, the high-level probe commission formed to investigate la...