Ashutosh, I feel pitty for you. I tell you why. All I said in this thread was that you stick to what you claim you are: you claimed that "as a student of economics, you do not want to be NORMATIVE." And then I pointed out that you should pratice what you preach: don't go around preaching political parties, civil societies, journalists, doctors, lawyers... about the "rights" and "wrongs," that you have never failed to do, online and offline, all these years. Weren't you being NORMATIVE in these cases? Unless you tell me otherwise that different standards apply to the KING vis-a-vis the other Nepali in general, you certainly sounded REDUNDANT in your stance. If you wanna support the king, say so: whether you put in polished words like "self-interested player," "friendly dictator," "bhagyadata," "bishnu ko awatar".... or anything of your choice. Say so, rather than wizzling around and pointing fingures at others weaknesses. BE A MAN OR AT LEAST ACT LIKE ONE. That's all. As I have already said in another thread, I can accept your "in-between" position, so won't try to dwell on this again. It must have been very difficult for you to be in such odd positions. Anyway, allow me to quote Durga Lal Shrestha's verse (in melodious, soothing voice of Ani Choying Dolma on Nhun Bajracharya's composition) that I am listening now: फूलको आँखामा फूलै संसार काँडाको आँखामा काँडै संसार झुल्‍किछ है छाँया बस्‍तु अनुसार