Ashu, You wrote: Just because you yourself claim to being closer to the pseudo-elites (see above), that does NOT mean you have to see all others as reps of so-called pseudo-elites. Let's make that distinction clear. I also admit, I can not beat you on rhetoric. Yet, in my earlier posting I am not saying gI AM CLOSER to pseudo-elitesh, what I said is gMY ECONOMIC INTEREST IS closer to THAT of pseudo-elitesh. Can you see the difference? I think, onefs economic interest and political value can be different (unless you precisely fit into the mould of classical Marxist analysis); they should be different especially when the society is at the doorstep of political big-bang. By forwarding an amusing hypothesis that given enough time, Nepalfs monarchy evolvesc.. you have added more credence to my hypothesis that your view represents narrow interest of Kathmandufs pseudo-elites. Sucharya ----------------------------------