Nepe is as much a Maoists as Ashu is a monarchist. May be the latter is a bit less. Nepe wrote, ?Now Akhilesh Upadhyay. When he was active in Sajha in a distant past, he impressed me as a man of democratic convictions and commitments. I don't know what has happened between then and now, but when I read his post Feb 1 article Ashu has cited above, I was taken aback.? How about, he became a ?realist,? unlike you who shields himself behind a monitor, and spits his idealistic views. Could not that be possible?