Baaf ray baaf, katro gaali ho yo? Opportunist ray. Poonte lai kina gaali garya ray, as though Anil Jung Shahi (i.e. he has used his REAL name PUBLICLY here on Sajha to explain that he is indeed Ponte, so I see no harm in using his name interchangeably) were above any critical comment over his own PUBLIC announcement here several months ago. Uneducated bhanyo ray. "Wisdom of crowd" padya cha ki chaina ray. Baaf ray baaf. Gajab cha, baa. Let others criticize the king. They are doing it wonderfully. But I, as a mere citizen, am going to remain critical -- in the spirit of some Civil Liberties Union -- of the UNdemocratic behaviours of so-called democrats (who usually escape scrutiny because they seem to saying the right things most of the time), and fearlessly hold a mirror to their face so that their contradictory behaviours appear clear to all. Sure, this is no way to get popular, but, hey, who says protecting democracy has to be some popularity contest? The price of democracy, now or ever, is eternal person-agnostic issue-based vigilance on a case-by-case basis. If some people -- in their infinite wisdom -- see it as this or that, FINE. Other than that, some poor choices of words aside in my earlier posting, my FACTUAL concern is this: We do have a critical mass of young, semi-educated, disenchanted citizens in Nepal. These people WILL bring changes. Demography is destiny. How Nepli netas find a way to address their gerivances now or later is GOING to be one of the biggest challenge in Nepal soon. Now, what's so political about that factual concern? oohi ashu