Thanks for the info and the link. I respect Father Watrin as a person and as somebody who invested his time and energy in Nepal's education. May his soul rest in peace! Having said that, howeve, it would be naivette to ignore the larger picture he and other individuals like him are part of. We don't fail to sugga-rattan that we were never a colony in history, but what has the purpose of Jesuit education been in Africa, Asia, and (Latin) America? Why are they in Nepal in the first place? Is it because they genuinely cared about Nepal and the Nepalese or was there another reason? If you think rationally you cannot take the ulterior motive out of the picture. I know I will be hated for saying this by those half-baked nationalists and Jesuit-indoctronated wise guys!!! But what else can you expect for speacking the truth these days? Well, I am asking that look at the larger picture and think critically. Respect those individuals who have done even a little bit for some of us. But don't forget the larger picture or we will continue to be the buddhus we have been all along (Bhupi Sherchan's idea). I have never heard a balanced appraisal of Jesuit education in Nepal's context. Let me know if I haven't looked at the right place. Apologists have said that since the level of modern education in Nepal was poor, they deserve an uncritical admiration. Well, the fact that we had inept and selfish Ranas and Rajas ruining Nepal throughout history does not mean that we accept a seemingly benign benevolence whole-heartedly and lose that faculty which makes us human in the first place--reason. Thanks for reading. Lonely1