The case is closed. But for the cool-headed silent majority on Sajha, and for our grandchildren reading this in the year 2060, here's a CliffNotes and super entertaining summary of this saga. Executive summary: Nepe --aka Deepak Khadka -- set himself up for this. Let's not spare any daya/maya and karuna for him. He can hold on to his republican beliefs. That's fine. What is NOT fine is his making FALSE accusations,and his trying to get away with them. What has happned to me has happened with others in the past, and, if left unchecked, Nepe will drive away other people and other views too. ******** Nepe's FALSEHOODS need to be exposed and slammed. QUICK DETAILS for those who are still reading this: A: On Sajha, Nepe REPEATEDLY accused me of making an ancient stand-up comedy show in Kathmandu "monarchy-friendly". B: I said that was not the case. Besides, Nepe was NOT in Kathmandu nor was he in the audience that night. C: But Nepe being Nepe could not rest easy. He unnecessarily dug up an ANCIENT and FORGOTTEN show for public comments here. I guess, he had to use something to CARICATURE me to score a political point for no reason. D I told him: "Since you have started the accusations, now YOU go dig up the evidence." To that end, I provided him with some names of legitimate people who he could call and contact. E: But for someone who's given to making enthusiastically FALSE accusations against others, Nepe failed to show any intellectual honesty to dig up the facts for himself. F: Instead, he had the GALL to blame me for hiding the evidence when it has been publicly available in Kantipur since April 2004. G: When I finally posted the newspaper article, reasonable people must have noticed that Nepe NEVER had any case against me, and that his lies were were obvious. I: Nepe is now furious. Nepe's supporters are even more furious. My attitiude? Let's enjoy some verbal firecrackers here, shall we? J: Lessons? It's OK on Sajha to tease one another from time to time, and things are forgiven and forgotten. After all, hey, this is only a cyber-forum. What is UNACCEPTABLE is to lie about other people and MISLEAD many others about someone else's political beliefs -- as Nepe did in my case with ZERO evidence. K: Here's my prediction. Nepe would post one or two of his gazals, do his song-and-dance routine, and charm his way back with a few manipulative phrases. Just sit back, relax and watch. oohi ashu