Nepal, March 15 -- Our President recently made a trip to the United States to attend a high level UN summit and one only hopes, for the sake of the taxpayer contributions used to fund the trip, that something actually materializes out of it. However, the most intriguing aspect of her trip for us common Nepalis was not so much the flight from Nepal to the US but the short trip - well, at least for her - from Sheetal Niwas to the airport.

For the first time in what seems like eternity, traffic was allowed to resume with some level of normalcy during her trip to TIA. Perhaps it was because the departure took place at night or someone within her office realized that they were all being just a bit too oppressive with the security arrangements...