Fellow Sajhapurians, Why am I NOT surprised? On Sajha, Our dear Nepe can be gallant and flirtatious toward ladies he has crushes on, flattering toward those whom he knows personally in the greater DC Nepali political circuit (even if their families served the Royal family in Nepal), and friendly with an amazing blindness with those who parrot his ideologies. But disagree with him with reasons, present a different viewpoint, and watch the mask fall off his face. At first, he tries to flatter you, sings your praises and attempts to charm you nonetheless to be on his side. But if you still disagree with him, then watch him turn nasty and vicious . . . like an angry lover who finally realises that all his wooing has had no effect. This pattern by Nepe has been repeated so many times on Sajha that it comes as a surprise to me that he would try to "out" Brook for neither reason nor rhyme. And, oh, don't expect him to issue a public apology too. Then again -- if Nepe's self-referential PUBLIC postings give us any indication -- few of us claim to have a resume that is about: a) youthful years spent in crush-dissent-at-any-cost communist camps in Nepal and b) middle-aged years on US government's payroll with c) an abilityt to boast of having friends who are in Maoist high command in Nepal. If Nepe didn't exist, we'd have to invent him -- to spice up our otherwise humdrum online life. That said, let me go on record to say that if republicanism does come to Nepal, Nepe's rushing to any credit for that would be like a rooster taking credit for sunrise. oohi ashu