High and mighty

We should debate whether we need VIPs flashing their status to our faces every opportunity they find.

Jeevan Ram Shrestha must be kicking himself. Having furiously unleashed the force of the government, the Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation did not even have time to wallow in the satisfaction of having taught a lesson to a lowly security guard for daring to stand up to him. Like many who first came across the shocking news of the guard’s arrest, I was convinced this would end quite badly—for the minister, that is.