If you know me, you know I love my country. But that love doesn't bring with it a blind acquiescence to everything that happens within Nepal's borders. Quite the opposite, in fact. I am as big a critic of all things Nepali as you're likely to find. There is, naturally, a lot of frustration involved in being Nepali as my compatriot readers will agree. And what better way to document these frustrations than with the apt phrase "Welcome to Nepal." Because only in Nepal would some of these things be allowed to happen.To start us off...
Within the last 24 hours the government has, with a completely straight face, almost simultaneously announced that daily blackouts will be increasing from two hours a day to eight hours while restaurant taxes will be increasing from 24% to 31%. And no, that's not a typo. Thirty one per cent! Combine the two and what do you get? Some really expensive candlelit dinners. Welcome to Nepal.
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