Hi Pade queen thanks for your examples of 20 plus politicians but I still am yet to see a 18 yr old politician. Granted that a 16 yr old can be a math genius or a super whiz brain power, but politics is a totally different game where your experience, maturity and social skills are important. Media plays an important part in any governance. Previously, when we had suppossed freedom in media, it was in fact playing against the government by creating a sense of Maoist infiltration in the whole country. Even closet maoists were getting encouraged by reading news of Maoist successes outside of Nepal. News like '300 students kidnapped...', 'Police shot dead in ktm... ' , and things like that. These news actually encourage the maoists. For any leader to be effective in a situation like this, he has to be strong and be able to be in control of the media.