Baafre!!! where do I begin? Hmmmmm.... :s Some of us are not questioning Shiva Shrestha's individual right to "DHOGO" whoever he wants. Yes, that is his own personal, democratic perogative. By the same token, though, it is anyone else's democratic right to criticize what Shiva Shrestha has done, for WHATEVER reason(s). The latter is NOT proposing a jail sentence for him, or torturing him, or banning him from acting in future movies, or harrassing him or his family members, or gang raping him, etc., for crying out loud! There is a HUGE difference between BEING CRITICALLY OPINIONATED AND ENGAGING IN FREE AND HEALTHY DISCUSSIONS, and UNDEMOCRATICALLY ENFORCING THOSE OPINIONS. I have not seen ANY of us opposed to Shiva Shrestha's actions in the above picture indulging in the latter in this thread. So much so for arguments on individual rights. "DHOGNE PRATHA" as such is not being questioned either. I would do that to my parents any given moment, perhaps to some of my dearest teachers too. I do that everyday to The Almighty after my daily puja-paath. I might even do that to ANY individual whom I believe has done tremendous good to humanity. So much so for arguments on cultural aspect of what Shiva Shrestha has done in the above picture. The real and the only question, therefore, is on why he would do that to the individual concerned in the picture, namely Komal Shah. Notwithstanding the fact that the monarchs of Japan and Thailand perhaps have done a lot more good to their respective people than the monarch of Nepal has done to his, I would still oppose Thai people crawling to greet their monarch and the Japanese bowing low to theirs IF the people are doing it simply because they are royals, and not because of the formers' deeds. There are some obvious examples of royals doing tremendous good to humanity. Take Princess Di, for example. She utilized her royal stature to help the needy and the poor all around the world. On a large scale too. Now, if anyone would have DHOGO-ed Princess Di out of sheer respect for what she has done -- and if that person's way of expressing that respect was to DHOGO -- let him/her do that. Glory be all his/hers. [Another level of respect for Princess Di: I strongly suspect if she would have let people DHOGO her like that.] The point is, we need not show respect of that magnitude (by DHOGING) to someone merely because that someone happned to be born a royal. There maybe some who would genuinely believe that Komal Shah has done tremendous good to the Nepali people and would like to show respect to her by DHOGO-ing her. Shiva Shrestha very well could have been one of them. That is FINE. HOWEVER, the fact remains that Nepalis in general are TAUGHT, i.e., MANIPULATED, to believe that we must do that to the members of the royal family just because they are born royals. It is about time we began to question NOT the cultural practice of DHOGNE PRATHA, but to whom we bestow respects of such grandiose magnitude. That's all. I wonder if some of us here questioning the questions raised about DHOGO-ing the royals would have done that themselves too -- particularly to Paras Shah -- if it came to that. Or, for that matter, to naabaalak Hridayandra Shah, who is not as notoriously screwed up like his father, but neither has he had the opportunity to prove his magnificent kindness and genorosity, but still is an innocent, yet a ROYAL child.