In fact, if you choose, you can sumup the issues involved in this negotiation in terms of differing views on the relative importance of the past and the future.
Shakti's modus operandi, difficult to sumupin a nutshell, is this: Here and in similar operations in Sikkim and Kumaon, Shakti leases floors in larger, well-situated traditional houses around the region, often with the family remaining in residence on other floors.
