Who reads English books in Nepal?

The culture of reading promoted by The Spirit Catcher represents a strong tradition of reading books in English in Nepal.

This question has struck me at different moments of literary, academic and political discussions for nearly half a century. The answer to this question is not as simple as may be expected for various reasons. Whatever may be the answer, this question evokes a few subjects of cultural, literary, educational, cross-cultural and economic importance. I would stress the cultural and literary aspects of this question. The history of English book reading coincides with the opening of Nepal to the cross-cultural and literary consciousness that took its rise in the 1960s in the Western world, and through the medium of the English language spread to other parts of the world.