1. Can Shirish elaborate to Sajha readers what he means by saying that Gagan was invited by the US government (in the other thread). 2. Since Shirish has so much information on Gagan, would he clarify Gagan's stance on Maoists and why he has never opposed and criticized Maoists? For general example, I copy and paste an excerpt from Wave magazine - http://www.wavemag.com.np/2005/september/know_all.html Q. Why didn?t you oppose the Maoist targeting of educational institutions? Gagan's answer: After 1990, we did not interfere in schools. We were active only in colleges and as a union, concentrated on winning over people through elections. The Maoist Student Union was a minority. But I admit we should have done more to educate the people about democracy. I hope after Shirish clarifies the issues, lots of doubts will be erased from lots of Sajhaite minds.