my quick comments: what I meant by "nepal needs more liberty not more democarcy" is, we need rule of law without democracy (defined as elections) for some time ebcause there's no way we can have a free and fair election at this moment or for some time to come. we want people like Kunda Dixit and others to continue to write what they feel about the current affairs of the state, without any fear. this is what i meant. we can put our elections on hold but should not curb the peoples' liberty to express themselves within the set legal/constitutional framework. democracy is just one liberty- liberty to choose your reps. but to live the life you want to (unless you are affecting others directly or indirectly) is made sure by the rule of law. So my point is: We can have the rule of law and have people express themselves without having elections for some time to come. this is what scholars term "building the institutions of democracy" , first safeguard peoples' interests, their rights, then go for democracy, i.e., elections, the result will be good. if not, the result will be messy. you can agree, disagree with it. i don't expect yoiu to agree because in democracy supplemented by the rule of law, you can have your own views and the rights to express those views, whether one likes it or not, hoina ta? :-)