Salute accepted HF :), Glad to see a like-minded dreamer here at sajha. I noticed some of my dear friends we upset for my degrading of Siddhartha Gautama in the thread.I meant his teachings of compassion and his extraordinary ability to penetrate into heart and souls of disturbed minds like that of a maoist rebel would have worked in this scenario.An eye for an eye is not the solution at this point.It will simply make us blind...only through compassion by the non-violance means will we be able to solve this dead-lock.. Throughout my experience since my birth as a Nepali I have heard more "talks " about how proud we should be as a native of a land that gave birth to Buddha.Ofcourse we should be proud like christians who are born in Bethlehem.In the meantime our pride and ego has simply turned a blindeye to the core of buddhist teachings. We are proud to see statues of Buddha everywhere we go but have we ever asked if we have lived our life based upon what he had taught us.We have betrayed Buddha by being flocks of statue worshippers the very dogmatic ritual he was against and not taking his words by heart.His teachings are his greatest legacy...I think. Lumbini Development Trust has been a begging institution for attracting foreign currencies ultimately ending in the deep pockets of corrupt monarchy. And we want to be proud from the land where buddha was born?I am proud an extraordinary fellow came along centuries back in my frontyard and taught me not be blind.And for that matter we should all be.