Gwajyo, Personally for me, it is the bassic necessities of food, shelter and clothing that come first and I think should come first in people's mind....Nationalism is not going to give you a full stomach or keep you warm on a cold night..it ceratainly may give you a sense of pride--but I agree with you, at the cost of what? As far as the threads of screaming at Nepali girls gone with Pakistani men is concerned, I read that too and like you I have not been able to make sense of it...the whole Hindu-Muslim is not something that I have ever understood..they are both religions and if people have given meaning to it which is not in the religion itslef then it is the people who must be condemned and not the religion. As far as the King is concerned, again, I don't why why it is difficult for some to see the truth of the Royal family--I think a fair amount of the "respect" that he as monarch gets is derived from his reincarnation of Vishnu--although people seem too willing to forget the fact that this interpretation of the King's powers were given to him by folks who knew that the country would not take action against an avtar of Vishnu for fear of incurring the wrath of God. As far as India is concerned, again, it is the Nationalism at the fore...but, I seriously doubt that the doomsday scenario of India taking over Nepal is going to come about any day soon...sure, they are problems with the interference from India that few accept and welcome but, as a weak country and one that is not only landlocked but, unfortunately locked between two major powers- India and China, if it's not India pulling and pushing then it will be China...we have unfair trade pacts with India and we forcibly send back Tibetian refugees from the border to almost certain death at the hands of China because KG needs their support/army supplies....it's a never ending saga.