PROMISES TO KEEP IN KATHMANDU

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Visitors coming to Nepal and expecting to feel the country´s "pulse" by reading the English papers and magazines will find themselves sadly out of touch. For, unlike every other country of South Asia, where English holds more than a toehold, here the lingua franca of Nepali holds overwhelming command. The disproportionate influence of the small English press derives from the diplomatic community and the expatriate "development set" which makes its readership. However, it is the Nepali press which touches the lives of the people and plays a role in guiding national politics, in ways good and bad.

Visitors coming to Nepal and expecting to feel the country´s "pulse" by reading the English papers and magazines will find themselves sadly out of touch. For, unlike every other country of South Asia, where English holds more than a toehold, here the lingua franca of Nepali holds overwhelming command. The disproportionate influence of the small English press derives from the diplomatic community and the expatriate "development set" which makes its readership. However, it is the Nepali press which touches the lives of the people and plays a role in guiding national politics, in ways good and bad.

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