Two lamas did a great job of wishing peace with Buddhist mantras. The delivery was very effective, short and sweet. The gathering was sizable and slogans were very impressive. Most slogans written on a big board were very timely, and a slogan carried by a gentleman in Dhaka Topi, comparing Gyanendra to Iraq and Saddam was unquestionably the slogan of the day. Several people shared that slogan to have a mug shot taken. Thanks to writers? creativity! Mr. Joshi spoke eloquently. All other speakers spent several minutes in front of the microphone wasting their and listener?s time. Mostly they repeated the same thing delivered by the previous speakers, over and over. Surprisingly, it provided a unique relief from Ratna Park nostalgia. Listeners were either renewing their friendship or speaking on their cell phone to their dear ones. The most conversed sentence, among the listeners was, probably, ?k chha halkhabar??. ?Ajkal ta bepatta?? came second or third. Murari Sharma spoke for almost an hour. In the beginning he claimed he carried severe risks by participating in the rally ? the danger came from Nepali government/ king. As a first proof, according to what he said, was his term not being continued as a UN standing representative (?). Does discontinuance of his term count as being targeted? Personally I don?t know the intricacies ? how these people are made what they are. Please someone throw some light. Subsequent speakers had nothing new to deliver ? the sole purpose of having them on the rostrum looked as if the organizers had to provide them time and place to speak what they wanted to speak. Some sort of a vicious circle? Lessons learned 1. Nepalis need to learn to speak short. 2. Don't give Nepali a microphone.