Thanks, Rahulvai, and others for your comments. Here's more: - http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?&nid=167130 On another note, 1. There is NO radical (i.e. kranti-kaari) Trade Union at Himalmedia at the moment. [All other major media houses do.] 2. That's because more than 85 per cent of Himalmedia staff members decided to NOT join the ranks of the radical (i.e. Kranti-kaari) Trade Union. There is a Trade Union at Himalmedia, but it's NOT affiliated to any political party of any sort. It's a swa-tantra one. [Aside: To form a legally recognized Trade Union at any private company employing 10 or more staff in Nepal, you have to collect at least 25 per cent of the staff's written support.] 3. This fact number 2 above led to the abortion of Kranti-kaari Trade Union at Himalmedia. Such a Union just could NOT be formed. That is, no support from staff meant no formation of the Kraantikaari Trade Union. 4. The management (i.e. that's me, the CEO!) then let go of the two krantikaari staff members on grounds of provably true disciplinary breach by observing all relevant laws and rules of Nepal (over a period of four months). 5. My speculation: The facts 2, 3 and 4 above have angered the hell out of the larger Krantikaari Union people out there in Nepal, including their political masters, who just could NOT believe how their Krantikaari brothers at Himalmedia were outsmarted, outvoted, outmanoeuvered, and ultimately kicked out -- legally, tactically and strategically -- by Himalmedia's management and staff. 6. Hence, their resorting to activities of crime, intimidation, and harassment. 7. I don't think that this whole saga is over yet . . . we all have to be extra vigilant and careful in days ahead. 8. That said, such, such are the highs and the lows of running a mid-sized private-sector company in Nepal these days. oohi ashu