eNeka wrote: "One day when I was sitting on a cyber cafe in Nepal, and I was opening my hotmail account .... a girl beside me, peeped through my account. She was asked me suddenly, "Wow, you know Ashu?", why did you get email from Ashu? the harvard guy? ... Wow, I was Hero at that time not because who the hell I am in real world, but, I had an email From: Ashu ..... Ashu is already a household name in Nepal.... believe it." eNeka, I have no idea who you are, but your story is very entertaining. That said, my GROWING INTUITION is that the present generations of Nepalis (age up to 40) are living through or going to live through somewhat similar kind of political/social upheavels that the Afghans have lived since 1972 in and out of Afghanistan. While theirs is ending, ours appears to be beginning -- making us all just that: exiles everywhere. oohi ashu