OK wrote: "PS: A weekly magazine (I forgot the exact name) reported that the sell of RK Dhakal's Music CDs were decreased more than 75% after his appearance in NTV show to support Monarchy and to lambaste Democracy." OK, I have long been amazed and amused by the way you use (numerical) evidence in public forum to advance a point of view. Three things: a) Just because a Nepali magazine publishes something, that need NOT be true. Kamana, for example, has published a lot of rubbish on Udit. b) It seems unlikely that music fans care SO MUCH about a singer's politics that they register their protests by NOT buying that singer's CDs. Even you yourself say that "However, I do have NO doubts about his ability as a popular singer." People buy CDs for music they like, NOT for political feel-good factors. c) And more than 75 % of what? Was Dhakal selling 100 CDs before, and is now selling only 22? Or was he selling 20 CDs before and is now selling only 4? [Keep in mind that lousy newspaper reports in Nepal love throwing percentage figures around WITHOUT ever putting those figures in any context so that even engineers like you fall over to believe them. Truth be told, except for Dhakal's album producers, NO ONE will know the true sales volumes of his CDs, and Dhakal's producers are not likely to volunteer negative information about Dhakal's album sales.] oohi ashu