Restructuring Nepal - NYTimes.com Re "Nepal, on the Brink of Collapse," by Seyom Brown and Vanda Felbab-Brown (Op-Ed, June 6): We categorically reject the notion that Nepal is on the brink of collapse. We are on the verge of restructuring and institutionalizing the state within a democratic, republican and federal structure. Even after the dissolution of the Constituent Assembly, there is no constitutional vacuum. An interim constitution, adopted in 2007, is in place to take the country toward a new setup in an orderly fashion. Founded about two and half centuries ago as a nation-state, Nepal has a solid basis of state institutions, including the apparatus for public administration, judiciary, police and military. While these institutions are there, one cannot think of a collapse, and thus the notion of a "failed state" does not arise. AMRIT B. RAI Minister Counselor Permanent Mission of Nepal to the United Nations New York, June 11, 2012