KATHMANDU, Jan. 26 -- An elderly person of average height, with face covered with long and grey beard and clad with traditional Bhandgaunle topi and wearing white shirt bearing Nepal's national flag and self-written slogans is often seen wandering in down-town Kathmandu.

That is how anyone would typically describe 'Laxman Singh Khadka'- the banner guy or as he introduces himself as 'Khalasi' (conductor) of Nepal - when they first see him.

This 70-year-old person is a quite familiar figure amongst people living in Kathmandu. He is often seen walking around the streets in Kathmandu Valley and sometimes cleaning the statues of martyrs and the former kings placed at major intersections of the Valley's roads. He places banners with self-writ...