Gallant Dude ! I don't know and couldn't tell, for how long you have been living at usa but if you dont mind will you tell us when did you arrive to usa? Well i kinda understand what you are trying to say but don't agree with your point, there is no alternate to democracy and won't be. I dont know how to put it here but if i am not wrong majority of people in nepal cannot give defination of it. You have mentioned about autocracy and so on, tell me if there is democracy within the political party, Girija still running for president, Madhav kumar not going to give up easy, Surya Bahadur still would like to rule, dont even have to go there check it out, 6 of koirala family ( immediate ) not relatives, running for CWC of ongoing election for NC. Ask them if they are going to hand it over anytime soon to young generation, its always open ended topic, if you say something questioning to political parties then you will get blamed as royolist and if you say something to royal palace the you became anti monarch. Dude, its not been a long time that i came to usa and i am still learning many things, and learned so many things too, here these people dont damage public property, don't destry public infrastructure, never heared once AMERICA BANDH, Democrat president President Cliton was impeach at supreme court and there were no democrats who were disturbing the process where as nepalese surround the supreme court or do lots of damage, the reson, their leader was charged for curruption, i dont know when we are going to learn. Dude, i was there when we were fighting for democracy, did little contribution as being nepali, what we got now ? MOIST, Please go back on those days and try to recall your memories why do this small peaceful country NEPAL having lots of problems. Why they started killing one nepal to another? Why people like you and me started magrating to other countries? Dude, Kathmandu is not only Nepal. No offense and neither i am defending anyone, its simply things that going on my mind while surfing. Cheers !