Kathmandu, Nov. 6 -- This essay was originally published as part of our weekly newsletter, Letter from Kathmandu. Sign up to receive this free newsletter in your inbox every Friday from The Kathmandu Post.

On the morning of October 31, a day after plainclothes police entered several newsrooms and took journalists into custody, Prime Minister Balendra Shah posted on Facebook about mobile games. Ludo and Callbreak, two of the world's most downloaded games, were made in Nepal, he wrote, and his government would ease the rules for the gaming industry.

It is one of 58 posts Shah has published on his official account since he was sworn in on March 27. This past week, I read all of them, along with more than 200 messages he posted as mayor of ...