The name game

Oli’s claim that Everest should be called Sagarmatha reveals inaccuracies about its name and history.

It would come as news to everyone outside Nepal (and within as well) that the highest peak in the world has no name other than Sagarmatha. So much was declared by the self-assumed sage of our times, our very own KP Sharma Oli, the raconteur extraordinaire with expertise on everything under the sun and also Prime Minister of Nepal.