Achievement number 16: 16: Deuba arrested. Prakash Man Singh arrested . . . on supposed but not yet proven corruption charges. [Even if one does not like Deuba and Singh, there's something odd about these arrests. Still, a prediction: They'll barigain with the government, get some concessions and will be free by next week. After all, this cycle of arrests and releases has been going on and on for a long time anyway.] 17. The Nepal Bar Association, led by Shambhu Thapa, has STOPPED its demands that the Chief Justice resign for his remarks at some conference in Australia. [This is representative of the nature of protest-politics in Nepal: jump up and down and create a big halla for two whole days with no clear argument and then hunker down quietly. Still, the cleverer protestors get international donors to fund their "look, how bad the stituation is in Nepal" trips abroad which are great in arousing sympathy abroad but in terms of concrete results, they achieve next to nothing.] oohi ashu