thapap, I don't understand why are you taking whatever I said negatively. If everyone starts going to mainstream politics leaving their jobs behind, then I don’t know what would happen to future of Nepal :P Middle class - I don’t know which range you categorize as middle class. I would say the ones at bottom of the scale don’t have the luxury to participate in politics of Nepal, because they are concerned about their daily bread. When strikes occur, the daily bread earners are the ones who get hurt the most…needless to say why. The rich ones are too indulged upon their own luxury to think about anybody else. Only now have they become concerned, as Maoists started targeting them. The rich ones aren’t the ones likely to walk on strikes, unless he/she is knowledgeable and is passionate about the country. So now, whatever is left is the middle class. I don’t consider myself to be a political pundit, if you think I boast to be so. I am simply a person, who speaks her mind and is tuned with the news in Nepal. I think it’s the confidence that lets one talk about anything (not only politics) and confidence needless to say, is gained from information readily available from the world-wide-web and ability to rationalize matters without having prejudices.