"Rubbish"?, not at all. I think you hit the nail on the head (for someone that professed ignorance as to what that meant, you seem to have mastered it rather quickly :-)) Manjushree in her article in Nepali Times, had focused on the emerging class warefare that has taken a hold of the Nepali community in the U.S. The number of Nepalese entering has increased due to the ongoing "Diversity Visa" that the U.S provides. Apparently, the self proclaimed vanguard of Nepali society is none to happy about that because the newly arriving immigrants have no family name and no education to fall back on; hence, twisted logis seems to dictate that they have no right to aspire to the hopes of an easier life. My father, along with some friends started a Non-Profit organization in L.A to help these newly arriving Nepalese (hence the dinner at our place) and Manjushree had writen about the work that they were doing - one enlightened Nepali asked my father "why are you working with "these people" and making it easier for them to stay in the U.S when all they are fit to do is wash dishes" - this comming from the so called intelligentsia/progressive half of Nepali soceity...Lord help us! :-) As for Darcy--no, no one that looks or has the characteristics of Darcy. This being the Soviet of Washington, one is more likely to run into a Chekov/Lenin spewing angst riddled youth rather than the privilege born and bred Darcy...hence the foray into the gumbas with you as commander of the expedition :-) ..looks like that task may be somehwat easier to do. I may have the opportunity of pursuing a semester of Law in London. The program is supposed to last from Jan - May 2007 and I am waiting for my law school to approve of the classes etc that I would be taking there...so...looks like it will have to be the Scottish Higlands and the reserves of Barley and Rye along the way, so much for your tapasya! :-) Have a good week Commandant.