bichma malai ni puwakka bolna man lagyo.... 1. May be Madan Puraskar is accepting all the publications before it actually gets published. 2. May be the book is damn good, worthy of these "short cuts", unlike what Kick suggested. There will be always mixed reactions. 3. Nepalaya being business house and Kiran Shrestha a good business man knew all the tricks for quick sell of the book. He would consider about the profit only and seek avenues to find more which is totally reasonable. Mr. Wagle must be under contract with the business house and he has nothing to say with the publicity and other events. After all its not Mr. Wagles fault. 4. The Dixits (some of them being fellow Journalists) of the MPP Guthi may be close (perosonal and professional) to N. Wagle. The committee is secret but not that secret. After all they are humans too. Why blame or criticize Mr. Wagle? He did not award himself ! 5. MPP Guthi saw this as a good oppurtunity to take advantage of the escalating popularity of the book and sale of the book. They thought, why not to take a leap?? He he ! 6. May be within MPP Guthi and the judges, there were differences who to award? The voting might have gone to Mr. Wagle's work. 7. May be there were no other authors this year who are NOT as good as Mr. Wagle. 8. May be some day some one will say, "Palpasa cafe is awasketa bhanda badta charcha payeko pustak" in their interview. 8. what ever the reason whether the prize was given to the best driver where as it should be given to the best mechanic, we should commend Mr. Wagle's effort to report/write/ analyze the current situation of Nepal and bring it out to the readers of the world.