Eminem8, It's a hypothesis at this point. That said, from a strictly academic point of view, I am PUZZLED by: the growth in the number of human rights organisations/conflict-monitoring organisations in Nepal (almost all of these organisations run on donor funds or through other people's money!) AND the GROWTH of human rights abuses in Nepal. FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. This is akin to the case of finding more doctors where there are sick people. BUT When, moving ahead over a period of years, the number of sick people does not fall, you do wonder what so many doctors have been up to. *** True, there are some selfless human rights activists in Nepal. But I can't help feeling in the back of my mind that that the majority are maybe in this HR business for a nice and pleasant upwardly mobile NGO jaagir with predictably routine kich-kich once in a while with the government .. .and, hey, if so, there's nothing wrong with that. At least, the incentives are clear. oohi ashu