I have been following Ian's work from a distance. When he descended upon Nepal, it was with the aura of someone who had done some major firefighting in East Timor. I was in awe. So was the top Nepali at the UN, Kul Chandra Gautam. He would talk so highly of Ian.
Today on my way back from the UN building where we met up with Ian, I was talking to Sanjaya Parajuli in his jeep as he drove me over to Brooklyn giving me a ride. I compared Ian to James Bond. In the police department, there are lots and lots of police officers. But then there are some star ones. They stand out. They don't don the uniform. They specialize in high profile cases. That is Ian in the UN peacemaking apparatus, although my knowledge of the UN is no way comprehensive. I am sure there are other stars in the galaxy that I don't know of.
I can't talk about the details of the meeting since it was off the record, and mostly casual. We were very comfortable, and we touched many bases. Anil Shahi, Somnath Ghimire were there.
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