In the interest of entertainment and hopefully some edification, please consider these nuggest of verifiably true information: a) Salokya writes that these spouse-swappers are all right "किनकि उनीहरुले कुनै अपराध गरेका छैनन् । राजीखुसीमा दम्पतीहरुबीच यसो भइरहेको छ ।" OK. [But, if the Rajya or the State finds out about them, it could potentially cite Muluki Ain's Karani Mahal to slap them with lawsuits to put them behind bars! But I digress] b) Then he defends his writing about them and his posting their Web pages so on, thereby violating their right to be left alone by loftily setting himself up as some moral guardian. He preaches: "असामाजिक काम गर्न अधिकारको कुरा खोज्नु उपयुक्त हुँदैन". My question: In other words, Salokya has already decided that what these people are into is, ahem, "असामाजिक काम". But who gave Salokya this right to publicly decide what is सामाजिक and what is असामाजिक? Isn't his type of thinking that led to the suicide of young Sreesa Karki two years ago? Isn't his broadly the type of statement the present government asks of people who it considers to be doing "असामाजिक काम", howsoever defined? If so, under the veneer of progressivism, how different is Salokya from that of any Panchayati stalwart? [And, if I may add, it breaks my heart to think that this is the sort of journalists who are pressing for press freedoms in Nepal! Good luck!!] c) Salokya brings up Michael Jackson and Britney Spears ko kura to justify his action. But he REPEATEDLY fails to understand that these people about which blog entries are about are UTTER private citizens and NOT public figures by any stretch of imagination. Rules that apply to PUBLIC figures in media are different from the rules that apply to private citizens. d) Salokya even needs to be TOLD by others to even (gasp, choke!) credit the sources of comments that he posts on his blog. Even then, he comes up with lame excuses. Whoever has heard of a journalist who needs to be told the basic rule of citation? e) When all else fails, instead of criticizing my comments so that there is an exchange of views and thoughts,, he responds with an accusation: "मलाई पनि शंका लागेको छ कतै तपाईँ त्यही क्लबको सदस्य त हुनुहुन्न ।" I mean, see what I mean? Look at his attempt to put me on the defensive. Fortunately, his gambit is not going to work on me. Since most people know me on Sajha, I can offer two answers: First, I am not a member. Second -- and this is my main point -- EVEN IF I WERE, it would be none of Salokya's business, unless I were some public figure (which I am not at this moment!). ON A GENERAL NOTE, most of us young Nepalis who aspire to some public (elected or unelected) offices in Nepal in future -- we have start mastering how to deal honestly and skillfully with the members of the Nepali press, which is, with a few exceptions, composed entirely of young turks like Salokya who are high on enthusiasm and low on thoughts. This is the crowd we have in Nepal -- for better or worse -- to deal with. The more we know about this, the better it is to deal with them. And so, the words of Himal Media's Basanta Thapa, "Most of our journalists are over-trained and underskilled", and I can't think of a finer representative of that species than Salokya. Salokya, keep your blog swinging (no pun intended, of course!) oohi ashu