Dear all Sajhedars: Another Namaste from Kathmandu. My thanks to you all for your prompt and warm feedbacks, and "jai-jaikar" to Sajha.com for this common vehicle of communications for all of us. Your earnest wishes encourage me a lot, but I'm afraid history, at least in the case of The Hillians, can't be repeated. All the five of us have been scattered all over the world since the 1970s. Only Ranjit is in the music business, for which he had to leave Kathmandu for Bombay (now Mumbai) and had the good fortune to work with RD Burman. Phurba also left Kathmandu for Darjeeling and taught at St Paul's (Samsara's "Baba" school which was the district's Oxford/Eton while most of us belonged to the Cambridge brand). I hear he's now teaching at some Gulf university. KK Gurung has been in tourism and manages the biggest travel agency in Darjeeling. Mark is also a guru of Nepali tourism and has been in Delhi for the last three years. I'm into creative literature, writing regular columns and active journalism. So I don't see any prospect of reunion at any time. Daniel Karthak is "Danu" to all of us. He belongs to Kalimpong's Karthaks while I belong to the Darjeeling clan. Since his pastor father at Gyaneshwor Church is my cousin, Danu is my "bhatija" and bows his head to me in respect. I landed at La Guardia Airport from Chicago and went straight to JFK for my air connection to Bangkok the next day for my flight back home. So I missed everybody in New York, including Daniel. Perhaps better luck next time. Our haste to return was due to the jampacked traffic between the Bangkok-Kathmandu-Bangkok sectors. By the way, does anyone know about the whereabouts of one wonderful lady called Rashmi Gauchan? It was she who introduced me to Sajha.com referring to the discussions on my novel. I, however, lost her email address when my computer crashed. To me, she was a warm and helpful soul but still an unmet and unseen person to this day; and losing her address was double trouble for me. Thank you in advance for your sleuthing works on my behalf. Warmesg regards to you all. Yours, Peter J. Karthak