People learn things differently. I, for one, learn by sharing whatever ideas I have, writing about them, having them subjected to objections and counter-points in public . . . so that I would end up learning more. Viewed this way, I do NOT see those "fights" with Nepe as fights. Rather, I see them as attempts – even heated, no-holds-barred attempts – to test to try to experiment with and to think aloud about diverse viewpoints in public with other real-named or anonymous Nepalis who would provide different but worth-thinking-about perspectives. True, not all perspectives are valid or convincing. But how are we to know what is what unless we put our egos aside, be strong enough to not get tripped up in minor personality-issues that will inevitably arise and relentlessly discuss the merits and demerits of ideas in an only-ideas-matter manner? That is why -- and this may come as a surprise to many -- by rubbing my ideas against what Nepe and others had to say, I ended up learning a lot about the strength and the weakness of my own ideas. And that is what -- I suppose -- good challenging discussions and conversations are about: they are stimulating not because they tell you what you want to hear; they are stimulating because they help you to consider different viewpoints, and enrich your own learning. Other than that, these days, having learnt a lot from Sajha friends, I am ready to move on to the next stage of cyber-frontier. In a rather plodding manner, slowly but surely, I spend my spare time these days -- with a small but growing band of like-minded friends who are more IT-savvy than me -- developing a BLOG on Nepal-centric matters related to economics, business, finance, public policy, and law. Maybe the whole thing will fizzle out in a few weeks; maybe it will grow to be an all-consuming passion. We’ll see. But without making grand claims of any sort, I am just having fun for now -- testing and experimenting, and making tons of mistakes to learn things quicker. I will make appropriate announcements when things take a better shape. Meantime, stay tuned; and thank to all your support as always. oohi ashu