Murkha dai, Surnames in our society is more than wht surnames are in western countries. Have you seen Millers fighting with smiths, or Jones in the west? i doubt it. However in a Nepali society surnames bring affiliation which is primary than the national affiliation. Which has not helped us over the years. What has caste system done any good to our society? nothing. A nation shold be like a team of diverse people, working for common goals. While we have big problems like poverty, political conflicts, economic- just to name a few, we are hung up with our castes. It is like mastrubating when your house is burning. It is not going to go over night. And hopeless SPA , babu, king - forget about them, i didn't even talk about them, nor do i hope anything from them. What am i hopeful from is the people like you and other sajhalites who have education, who are wise and humble. Who respect each others and give secondary importance to the caste they belong to while give primary importace to the nation they are from. I am hopeful for changes by such wise people, not by SPA , maoists of king.