the dynasty will not go away... as i have said before, leeches don't die when the rain ends, they come back the next wet season.. we have so many examples..social elites and powerful will find a way to negotiate with those(new forces) who now want a piece of the pie and action. tara i don't have probelms seeing them yeild power.. when they(shahs) had the power, i don't think it was efficiently used, orelse, we would have been in a better state of affairs. let's prepare a report card for the shah rulers. maximum kura ma they will have a grade 'D' (danger of failing) or below grade. ho, they unified, we might as well give them an 'A.' tara how about other standards? they have failed or come close to failing. once again performance-results-time granted.. dismal results!!! this is not a witchhunt or political tit for tat. it is a start to a new road and a rejection of a failed system that has led us for over 230 years. 230 years.. thru the industrial revolution, rana rule, psuedo-colonialism, world wars, the list can go on and on and on... it's hight time we start holding these powerful people accountable. enough of free pass and naive understanding of politics. if shahs want to serve and have political power, run for elections (like the koiralas)! there are 2 congress parties which call themselves socialists.. ofcourse there are communists, UML and so on, and ofcourse maoist(most extreme and radical), then we have an imerging royalists RPP... and then there are satbhawana party and other tom dick and harrys of nepali politics.. so i guess shahs and their coutires can join in the bandwagon and form their own party or join with the existing ones. i am sure we all love choices..