Thanks 132569 for commenting on my thoughts expressed here. Please know that I was giving my thoughts just as a common reader, not as a political analyst or some sort or something which I am not. Chip, thanks for confirming that the writer is Dipta Shah. Sorry I mistook the writer as the general who had resigned as Member of Parliament after expressing his dissent views. As I said, the analysis by Mr. Shah is very well presented and does carry the inside thoughts. ?Complete lack of faith? That is going too far. Just because I have pointed out some anomalies should not be read to mean a demonstration of complete lack of faith. There is a tendency among so called elites with disdain to Maoists to quickly label as a Maoist or a Maoist sympathizer when one expresses views that matches with some of the Maoists demands. At the risk of being labeled, I would still say that the root causes are the social injustice, discrimination, corruption, ethnic imbalance, bad governance, etc. I was only pointing out the reforms needed in keeping with the time. Not me, sir, seems like it is you who would need to do a lot of homework to understand the feelings of a foot soldier who is at the bottom of the hierarchy. What do you have to say when the soldiers are constantly used for menial labour such as constructing or renovating a private house for an army officer? Some even say, although again I won?t go that far, that there would have been a revolt if an outlet like Peacekeeping force was not available to a common soldier. Longing for a reform in keeping with the time is not a dangerous dimension. When you say the army?s current hierarchy speaks for itself only shows an air of arrogance by giving a dangerous twist to the discussion here. I know it irks certain people, mostly those who continue to enjoy the privilege of the successive governments and would like to see it perpetuated, when you bring an ethnic factor into the current problem. This is a reality whether or not I bring it up. It is going to dictate the future course of action. Needless to say, I have heard the dissent voice from close, and was always afraid that the Maoists going to capitalize on it. They do now. All I am asking is that a serious effort should be made to bring all groups into the mainstream. Is this a crime to ask that all Nepalis be given equal opportunity? In the last 14 years, we have seen how the parties have mismanaged the affairs of the state and I know the sufferings of the common people. I never felt that Maoists are going to be able to deliver all what they have promised or even fully justified. It is in this vain that I expressed my suggestions for addressing the root cause (be it a jargon). In the similar vain, I do strongly feel that we ought to give the 3-year period to the king to restore peace and bring democracy. If the king can address the root causes, more power to him..