I agree with Ghar jwaii, and also with ruina ( how dare I disagree with thee;)?). Nevertheless, let me add some of my thoughts and posers. Ghar Jwaii and Confused, Agreed we, the people are to be blamed, no doubt. But that does not take away responsibility/duty and additional oath those in power take or for that matter makes us believe for to SERVE the people and the Nation. Yes, I am not taking away any responsibility the king had/has. I know he sits in the pinnacle of this 'you not me' blame game. Palace, politics and Maoist are three demons that robbed us, raped us, and made mockery of our Nation. And we the people, just sat and watched. Indeed we are ALSO to be blamed. Of course, we the people have the power to "hire and fire" those corrupt/moral less leaders. But let's get real here, we have the power to ?hire? & ?fire? once in every five year, and for us Nepalese, we shall consider us fortunate if we get that sacred duty once in 10. And let us talk about choice. I assume you would agree that we are desperately SHORT OF CHOICE for decent, honest leader who thinks out of the box, has enough clout to make his/her voice heard and can ACTUALLY lead the country in the path of redemption. Let us consider sports, or for that matter any corporation. It is almost always the leader, the captain/CEO who takes the perks and the ultimate praise or blame for the course of the team. Agreed that each individual, on their own plays a role. One has to. However, would I be wrong if I presume, the higher the power, the greater the responsibility. And confused, I would imagine you would remember yourself throwing this philosophy not too long ago, albeit for different yet parallel circumstances. And consider the scenario with above 70% illiteracy rate in our nation. A poor, hungry, desperate, humble, hardworking and YES blind by faith, ((faith that they have on THEM)(political parties/leaders, King) people of our cursed Nation. And now enlighten me why the people shall not blame them. Nope, my friends, I know that doesn?t take away the responsibility of the likes of us, and neither does it take away from the less fortunate ones, but, if you will, shall I say those who we chose chouse us? Would we be so wrong to do that? The circumstances are more knottier than it seems. I know the 'you not me' game does not do anything for us. But at least I am happy that the corrupted leaders are facing some force, never mind from 'another' tyrant. He too will have to face it, don?t worry, time is a great leveler. And ahhhhh the Maoist, perhaps even the hell ain't worthy for them, if one would ask me. For now, we desperately need an honest, charismatic leader and we shall find one, for it?s longggg over due in our unfortunate country. And no, we do not need any offspring from these pathetic moral less leaders, after all, an apple doesn?t fall far from the tree. I know it is onerous, but happen it must. Please understand, my expression is in no way to dissonance from your point of view, but rather to Solicit & tot some of my own. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And yes it's not that hard ruina, if at all, it's difficult ;) And your sweet voice would be anything but noise to me. For me it shall be psalm:p Ahhhhhhhhh... if only I shall be that fortunate. And as, patato = potato Thus, toto = tata, for now, IndisGuise:)