Kathmandu, Oct. 1 -- Every year, Nepal honours people who have imparted yeoman's service to the nation so that things do not get from bad to worse. Thanks to the awardees, things are bound to get better day-by-day in this country.

However, the big story in Mandu Town last week was of journos refusing national medals conferred to them by Her Majesty the Prez. Methinks that was rude and ungrateful, the least the hacks could have done was to accept their decorations, pinned them on their pet dogs, and posted the videos on TikTok. Oh well, next time.

Some of you will remember reading about how Jang Bahadur during this visit to Great Britain in 1850 at first refused to accept the Most Honourable Order of the Bath and the Most Noble Order of ...