I recall an incident once shared by Kumar Ben—"Many new media, YouTubers, and social media influencers are earning a living by making content about Balen and monetizing it financially." Looking at the scenes as the country's Prime Minister flew to America, it felt less like a serious diplomatic visit and more like a grand festival of 'content creation'.

We saw everything clearly through the camera lens—the scene of entering the international terminal, the grandeur of the Prime Minister's car driving straight to the plane on the runway, the shot boarding Qatar Airways, and the grand welcome and transfer scene at Doha airport. However, behind these camera-dominated scenes, questions remain the same. Why didn't the Prime Minister, who talks about national pride, choose Nepal Airlines at least for the journey up to Doha? Whether he embraced the luxury of business class or the simplicity of economy class on that Qatar Airways flight should have been transparent. The Prime Minister and his advisory team themselves becoming content creators and staying busy releasing videos is not fitting for a democracy. Side-lining the dignity of the Nepali Army, which carries a grand and glorious history of bravery, sacrifice, and dedication, and staging a drama of 'not taking a guard of honour' to forget national formal traditions was a continuation of his old stunt style. Or did the Nepali Army itself refuse to give a guard of honour to the Prime Minister? Durga Prasai at least took satisfaction in receiving a salute from a security guard; the Prime Minister, at minimum, should have respected the pride of the nation and the army.

To be honest, standing at the UN rostrum, I thought he would hum some Western rap lyrics in his traditional fashion and style. However, contrary to my expectations, the Prime Minister delivered an extraordinary and substance-based speech. During his address, highlighting the disasters of floods and landslides in Bhote Koshi and Trishuli, he strongly raised issues regarding the impact of climate change in the Himalayan region, compensation, easy access to climate finance, and technology transfer. Furthermore, presenting Nepal's new political landscape and the democratic surge of youth, or Gen-Z leadership, on the global stage was an unforgettable and strong aspect of his speech.

However, no matter how good the speech was, the scene of applause and hooting heard in the hall was quite strange. Was that hooting in the UN assembly hall truly from international delegates or from people surrounding Balen himself? In Nepal, communists often engage in 'propaganda' by infiltrating their own cadres into crowds to applaud and hoot to showcase false popularity for their leaders. Have Balen's respected advisors also copied this cheap propaganda style of the communists?

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Leaving aside the good aspects of the address, looking at his external appearance and behavior brings disappointment. In Doha's bright airport, he had no sunglasses over his eyes; it seemed his eye ailment was perhaps fully cured. However, right before shaking hands and taking photos with UN Secretary-General António Guterres, his behavior of hurriedly taking out Ray-Ban glasses and putting them on seemed extremely childish. Has the Ray-Ban company sponsored or paid the Prime Minister? Furthermore, seeing the situation where he could not address the UN rostrum without wearing those same sunglasses gives the impression that his eye ailment is still not cured; I pray for his eye condition to recover soon. On the other hand, the black outfit he chose signaled 'inauspiciousness', which I did not like at all as formal attire for the country's Prime Minister.

Mr. Prime Minister, you raised good topics on the UN platform, thank you for that. However, while representing the nation, you must abandon communist-style hooting propaganda, inauspicious black outfits, and the childishness of Ray-Ban sunglasses in international diplomacy.

May Lord Pashupatinath bless everyone.