<<The only reason that Shahuji’s son would beat Munna was because he was poor, and wasn’t originally from Kathmandu. I had seen many episodes like that growing up, kids in neighborhood throwing stones at ‘Madhesi’ fruit vendors, calling them names and even manhandling them at times without any reason. And now, seeing those kids migrate to America and suddenly advocating for the rights of minorities, still with enough vile towards anyone that belonged to Indian origin makes me ask myself if there certainly was something wrong in our middle class Kantipuri upbringing in Nepal decades ago.>>

---So so true.... I have seen and known such people/friends ....isn't that hypocritical ? A bogus sympathy.....I dont want to pour feeling of negativity in such a lovely and brilliantly crafted story/memoir .

Truely , Beehove ji , a beautiful memoir/story . Heart touching .

Thank you !!

- ThahaChaena 

Appreciate your kind words Thane, despite being a fiction it had some nuance of reality. Again, alike you I do not want to delve only in negativity regarding how befriending outsiders was a matter of utter sacrilege while I was growing up in Kathmandu, but this was one grim issue no one remembers anymore.