A strange discussion going on here. Who is Ashu? I think all the discussion in this particular thread is on the basis that Ashu is also as popular as Gagan, if not more. However, if you consider people not living in the USA or better said, people that do not visit sajha, I don't think anyone has ever heard of Ashu, let alone of his achievements in St. Xaviers, GAA and Harvard. As a very infrequent visitor of Sajha, I think this discussion is a waste of space and time. I applaud his decison to return to Nepal, however there are a lot of people In Nepal that were educated in the US. Should all of them expect top posts in the government or the National Planning Comission? Without disrespect to Ashu, I don't personally consider someone who gets in Harvard as a full fee paying international student a great achiever because the entrance requirements are always made more lenient for foreign students completely for monetary reasons. King Birendra was not overly intelligent student but he still got his education in Harvard. Neither did his Harvard education nor his stay in the US have any influence in the development of Nepal during his long reign as Nepali monarch. Can anyone provide me, I'm completely oblivious about the existence of Ashu, any info about any of the work he has done that makes him so worthy of discussion.