Emodus ji, Right on the mark. Ashu Paradox. He accepts the King in a neutral way, but he can not take the opposition to the King in the same neutral way, yet he is not a nuanced monarchist ! आशुको यो वेवकुफ दावीलाई लिएर साझामा धेरैपल्ट सिङौरी खेलाखेल भैसक्या हुनाले मलाई धेरै भन्नु छैन । आशु र मेरो यो दुई वर्ष पुरानो सम्वाद नै पर्याप्त होला । Thread: Minister Shot Posted on 31-Aug-03 03:02 PM by Nepe Link: - http://www.sajha.com/archives/openthread.cfm?threadid=12124&dsn=sajhaarchive2003 (does not work, though. Is San not maintaining the archive anymore ?) Ashu, During the past two years of my regular stay in Sajha, on several occasions, several posters have asked you to put your OWN political pov, but I never asked you the same. I always assumed a Harvard graduate must have reasonably bold views/beliefs/doubts/reasonings and you are afraid to put them because you do not want to jeopardize your developing career which very much depend on succeeding in keeping as many people happy as possible in a highly prejudiced and politically charged and opinionated khaldo called Kathmandu. So it did not bother me that you, while doubting and vehemently criticizing others pov, kept your own pov to yourself or gave some ambiguous, dubious and vague answers when others cornered you all this time. Yes, sometimes I had some doubts about your hidden political pov, but I always gave you the benefit of doubt, defended you on some occasions and praised your commendable professional job and other anthropological works. And I have never missed a chance to appreciate your contribution in Sajha- to bring interesting information and provoke others to debate on difficult subjects. While I will continue to do the rest, now, I am not sure if I should be making assumptions about your political pov and keep giving the same old benefit of doubt. Particularly, when in this thread, Biswo and other posters have challenged you to put your own political pov and you are cunningly trying to allude them with the same old tricks of yours- that is your ambiguous, dubious, vague, ambivalent, murky, evasive, deluding, cryptic (see I have got a thesaurus with me !) answers. What are you afraid of ? Of Kathmandu ? I know some people who live in Kathmandu are brave to put their much dangerous view than you possibly have in public. Krishna Pahadi is not afraid to say in public that we need to get rid of the monarchy. And you are coward even to say we do not need to get rid of the monarchy ! What kind of answer is that to the question of Biswo to you- "The king is a player in the game." Of course he is. Who is saying he isn't ? What is that crap about the republicans not saying he is. I say he is the central player of the game. And he is also the game itself. You were asked what do you think about the king. And your answer is- "I am willing to SUSPEND my liking or disliking for the king to . . ." The same trick. Ambiguous, dubious, vague, ambivalent, murky, evasive, deluding, cryptic answer. "..Note that this approach takes a NEUTRAL view of the King,.." What is this crap ? If you take a NEUTRAL view of the king then you also take a NEUTRAL view of the NC-UML. You also take a NEUTRAL view of the Maoists. You also take a NEUTRAL view of the left leaning civil society. You also take a NEUTRAL view of Nepe and Biswo (what the heck !). Ashu, with your fuzzy logic, abstract view and dubious statement, you are way too inadequate to discredit others. And you are certainly not a reliable friend to the struggle for the democracy in Nepal. You sound like a person who accepts whoever is in power. If the king is in power, you will accept him. If the Maoists come in power, you will accept them. Don't ask me to produce where you said it. You said it everywhere. It's all over. Lastly, about my republican view, I have already replied to your challenge in the thread On Grand Design . . '. Although you left the thread. I kept on and put my views. You may disagree with them, but you can not say my views are muddled. They are clear and logically developed. If there is additional thing you want to know, ask me. I will answer each and every question like before. I take pride in clarity and honesty.