Shaiva, A positively surprising thing happens EVERYTIME I get attacked on Sajha, especially by the likes of you. I can't really explain it, but something good really happens in my REAL life, when people like you make fun of me on Sajha in your smug, rolling-your-eyes mannner of stand-up comedian tone. Initially, being stupid, I had failed to see the positive correlation between the increase cyber-attacks against me and something good happening in my REAL life. But the patterns are so overwhelming that I have forced to conclude that maybe cyber-attacks are good in that they make you work harder in your real life . . . I don;t know. This time, too, no sooner did your attack come through on Sajha than I got, well, promoted. Thanks, buddy. Please attack me more around September 2005 or so, hai? I'll be counting on it. As for Kanak Dixit, let me reiterate that agreeing with him and respecting him as a journalist are DIFFERENT from using his well-crafted report as a springboard for BROADER discussion about the relatively khattam state of civil society activism in Nepal. I am sure Kanak himself will appreciate this, as I shall foward the link to these discussions to him, while writing something about this in Kantipur in the next month. Meantime, let me sit back and enjoy my good fortune (accidentally brought on by Shaiva) for a few days. oohi ashu