Nepe, being Nepe, continues to be less than forthcoming about this saga. What he conveniently FORGOT to mention above is that I had ALREADY given an answer to his questions WAY BACK on the 3rd of April, 2004. (please see below, especially look at no. 4) My answer -- RE-posted below -- should have assured him then that, in my comedy show, I took on EVERYONE from Drabya Shah to Gyanendra Shah to myself to political parties to the Maoists. But Nepe being Nepe could NEVER rest easy. So desperate was/is he to tag me with a FALSE label that even when pieces of evidence were abunadant then (The Kantipur report, my own postings), that he refused to believe the evidence, and instead went on hurling labels at me for no reason (despite my periodical urging him to dig up the evidence himself). When I finally posted the Kantipur piece, all hell broke loose for him. Now he's scrambling to gain an edge, any edge, to show the world that I was the wrong party. What an entertainment!! Then again, A man like Nepe does not walk away from a mistake this big. So, let him scramble again and again to prove that he is right when IN TRUTH the things remain clear to unbiased and unprejudiced and sensible Sajha folks. oohi "the man with a deep voice" ashu ***************** Posted on 03-Apr-04 06:08 PM Thank you Nepe, Biswo, Dilasha, Sitara, San, Iso Freak, Rusty, Mitra 2, Tabasco, Deep, Paremendra and anyone else I have missed . . . in all honesty, thanks to your encouragement here on Sajha since January that I was able to do as "well" as I did last Thursday in Kathmandu. I was also lucky that other friends in Kathmandu had also been very supportive. Friends' support, belief and encouragement count a lot. ****** Nepe wrote: "my imagination about you was a man with a high pitch voice. ehehe." To that, all I can say is: :-) :-) :-) BTW, the joke sequences were: 1) Enter stage: juggle three balls while humming Beethoven's 9th symphony. 2) Introduce self as Cheritra Wan Chela, and a whole series on Govinda Raj Joshi and other netas. 3) Jokes about the pleasures and plains of dating a Charitraheen Cheli (Krantikari) 4) Jokes about the history of stand-up comedy in Nepal: from the era of Drabya Shah to Gyanendra. 5) Jokes about my family and myself. 6) Jokes about the organisers: Dhokaima Cafe 7) have someone call me on the mobile on stage, and launch into a 'mobile' joke 8) Jokes about Nepal Accupuncture society 9) Jokes about "a doctor and a bag" 11) Jokes about the Maoists 12) Jokes about the political parties 12) Perform a joke in a sign language 13) Exit the stage. Time: 32 minutes. I'll try to post a video. But let's see. If not, after the "a.pra.tya.sheet sa.fa.la. ta" of this, there's going to be another show -- in a few months' time. :-) oohi ashu ktm,nepal