Nepal, Feb. 3 -- We have no dearth of tragic events, but they have not yet formed the basis for famous works of art

Blame it all on a short memory: Yours truly has lost count of the number of masterpieces he ruined while editing news reports during his stint as a desk hand working under editors, news editors and publishers par excellence. It was indeed his good fortune that reporters, editors and publishers spared him and continued to let him make a living by spoiling what otherwise would have been great copies earning our avid pen-pushers their own stars in the firmament of Nepali English journalism.

Imagine how many more masterpieces yours truly would have ruined if editors of repute had let him polish reports written in Nepali. I was...