Rabi’s Freudian slip

It’s Rabi versus Rabi now, and in this duel between the two selves lies the potential loss of media freedom.

Not long ago, a very famous television journalist would scream at the top of his voice fantasising about bringing politicians to Tundikhel and breaking their noses with a flying kick. So convincing was this fantasy that even a “mahanayak” invited the presenter to a reality show and parsed the dialogue along with him. This was clearly a fetishisation of violence, and it was perhaps in view of such excesses that inspired the current Home Minister to fantasise about taking action against "rogue" journalists. But if such fantasies were to be implemented, the minister, in the spirit of fair play, would have to go back in time and have himself, or at least his past self, arrested. For, the journalist fantasising about breaking noses and the home minister fantasising about arresting journalists are one and the same—Rabi Lamichhane.