World Map wrote: " For example, this Nepali language stuff. I guess it is just his way of throwing satire" No. I was not joking. Based on my Sajha postings and articles, You can conclude that I enjoy reading and writing in Nepali bhasa, though I do find the writing part a bit difficult. This is a digression here, but MY GENERAL OBSERVATION is that one thing I find striking is that -- with the exception of the language used by poets and some sahitya-kaars in Nepal -- the type of "naram" and "chillo" Nepali language used by (corrupt) Nepali civil servants, politicians, lawyers and journalists and even Maoist netas tend to be civil and polite in terms of tone but totally insincere and unauthentic in terms of the consequences of their actions. In other words, these people tend to charm you with your words, while their intents are to harm you in some way. I can't really prove my assertion here for sure, but, quite honestly, I have encountered enough "naram" speaking and "naram" writing Nepalis in Nepal to sense --"in a blink", to borrow writer Malcolm Gladwell's phrase -- that these people are not worthy of trust, and, more often that, my 'blink reaction', based on their naram language, has turned out to be correct. I can't really explain it. So, on one hand, these people appear to be nice and "naram". But on the other hand, what they do is not at all nice and "naram". Some of my Nepali friends who are non-Bahuns and non-Chettris tell me that when someone -- in some official capacity -- addresses them in "sudda" and "naram" Nepali bhasa, they get nervous in that they feel that they are being seduced by mitho, mitho language to give bribes or engage in some corrupt/harassing acts. To have a good first impression, I remain comfortable with the language that comes from the heart -- with all its ebullient, sprawling and unedited emotions. I do tend to think twice when faced with edited,re-arranged and made-to-charm language. Just my sense, and I could be wrong about this. oohi ashu