Funeral feasts for the priests

CK Lal is a writer and columnist based in Kathmandu.

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Do be sure

To be secure of fate

Before you embrace

The subtle curvature

Of time and space.

– Nadeem Rahman in History

Uncle Sam is more engaged with Southasia today than ever before. Before taking even routine decisions, Hamid Karzai looks towards Washington for a nod of approval. General Musharraf swears his loyalty at every opportunity—he went to the extent of dismantling a Pakistani idol, and his own "hero", Abdul Qadeer Khan—to remain in the good books of the Pentagon. Together, Karzai and Musharraf have taken it upon themselves to let Americans have a free run of the Hindukush region on the pretext of a combined hunt for Osama bin Laden.

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