okey.. i lost my post between 1984 and 1993 # of days my school was closed due to strikes "12"[all of them in 1990] after that i lost count [ went to boarding school and outside nepal] but then i was in nepal between oct 4, 2003 and dec 24, 2003 # of days my niece's school was closed "14".. this is scary. i wished my school was closed [ i hated homework /study]. i worried about my haircuts, after school games, black shoes and class tests..... [ wished that school be closed every day...] but would it have helped me.... i guess not.. i did had that opportunity to have good educational foundation... what % of nepalese have that today? so which is better? from my point of a commoner... apolitical person... i liked those days when NEPAL WAS "THE ZONE OF PEACE"