Nepal, Feb. 5 -- Charging foreign visitors extra makes them feel they are being cheated and Nepal's welcome is conditional on money they can be milked for

Recently a friend of mine from New Zealand posted on Facebook her annoyance at Buddha Air's discriminatory airfare on the flight from Varanasi to Kathmandu. Foreigners were made to pay much more than Indians and Nepalis.

In Nepal, wherever you go you are faced by different charges depending on where in the world you come from and whether you look like a tourist. It is assumed that if you come from a non-SAARC country and you are not a local, you must be rich. After all, foreign tourists have been able to afford the air fare to get to Kathmandu, which is usually much more expensive tha...