By the same token, let's start looking for ways in Nepal to: - provide fellowships/stipends in a time-bound fashion (i.e. for a certain period of time) to writers, artists, musicians, comedians, scientists, sports people and so on who, having shown promise and potential, are about to START their career. My sense is that while a few about-to-die "baristha" writers, artists, musicians, comedians, scientists, etc are awarded "dosalla after dosalla after dosalla", there are very few avenues of help that we as a society provide to BEGINNING writers, artists, musicians, comedians, scientists, sports people etc . . . folks who need the help and the guidance the most to go on to be successful in their chosen fields. If we as a society do NOT support our talents at the BEGINNING of their career, how are we going to ensure that we will continue to have a supply of great writers, artists, musicians, comedians, scientists, etc down the road? No wonder then that many of our most talented citizens "drop out" of their career path due to a lack of support. True, a few persist and go on to be a success . . . but those are only that: too few in numbers. I am all for primary education and all that. But lately I have been thinking: Is there a way to run goal-oriented advocacy campaigns to make primary education a PRIMARY agenda on the government's To Do list, while finding ways to nurture talents in Nepal through private money? I don't have the answers, just thinking. oohi ashu