Nepal, April 19 -- Sameer lowered his eyes as the officer yelled at him from behind the glass cage. "The document you want renewed is due today, and you come today!" Sameer lowered his head.

"What is wrong with you? This is the problem with today's youth. No sense of responsibility."

Sameer could feel his hands hardening into a fist, then curling into a ball. He had never wanted to hit another person as much as right now. The officer, voice now hoarse, took a sip from a cup to his left, the moisture from which had long stained the wooden table many times over. As the sip turned into a gulp, he took another look at Sameer's document, stamped it, and threw it at him.

"Go to the other end and get in line there. Be fast. You only have a co...