On a serious note, it gives me immense pleasure to be recognized as a life long republican which I have been. Except for the euphoric months and perhaps a year or two after 1990's jana-andolan, during which period I was hopefully looking towards 'Constitutional Monarchy', I have found myself believing more and more in republic Nepal as time went by. My well wishers, particularly those who haven't have chance to read my views scattered and lost in Sajha threads, might wonder if my faith in republicanism is dogmatic. My answer is no. To explain how, let me put this first. Although I am saying republic Nepal, I am not insisting on exterminating the crown. I am only insisting on exterminating it's political power, both seen and unseen. I am open to any model that fits this criterion. One that I have talked about in Sajha and elsewhere is what I call "Deconstitutional Monarchy" or simply "Cultural Monarchy". The description of this model is that the monarchy will be removed from the constitution but not from the culture. This is the extent or lack thereof my flexibility. However, I think it's already becoming too late for this kind of monarchy. I think our history is readying for "Discontinued monarchy" instead. Next, as I said, right after 1990, I was hopeful, albeit with some skepticism as well, with the Constitutional Monarchy model of ours. As history progressed, it started to show, to my eyes at least, the sign of malfunctioning of a compromised democracy and my hope with monarchy got evaporated. I have tried to explain this part, that is, how the invisible power of monarchy inhibited the growth of democracy to bear it's fruits, in my essay my dear friend Ashu never tires ridiculing. - http://www.sajha.com/sajha/html/column.cfm?extraid=622 That's all for now.