There is a very apt adage in Nepali, Jun Goru Aye Pani Kanai Chireko. Democracy, Monarchy, Communism...Whatever the system is, Leaders are corrupt. We all have seen 104 years of Rana Regime, different and hard to keep track of power shifts in later years. People have shed their blood throughout the history of our tumultuous system, be it Shah Vansa, be it Ranas or be it Panchayati system and new found democracy (which I remember in my earlier days being referred to as DHO YA KWASI in gai jatras). Don't you feel the irony of that word. I feel it has been a very suitable humor, nevertheless, democracy is not something to be ridiculed or made fun of (for hundreds and thousands of people have shed their blood and sacrificed their lives to achieve it). But what it has come to. Someone said, it has been only 15 years, and we made mistakes but never amended those mistakes. We might need another 50 years for this democracy to work. But if this democracy gives you the right of speech and action today, it should also provide you with positive feedbacks and a platform for expansion and development in different respects. Rome was not built in a day, someone said, and we teach our kids and tell ourselves. But I say, if Rome was not built in one day, the Romans at least started to build Rome from Day 1. When will we see our Day 1? Will we wait for our country to plummet into the crevasse of civil war and political unrest or will we open our mind and learn from past mistakes and take good things from other great civilization and more successful systems. Hell, even Americans are not happy with lot of their system components, but at least they have jobs and can feed themselves and their family, at the least. BUt people are always living in a constant hunger and fear in Nepal. How many more years does it take our Nepal to turn to Sudan or Ethiopia or Combodia? The way and the rate of things are going on, We can guess..NOT LONG. Anyways, do the politicians or lawmakers or activists surf through this Site? If they do, here is a message for you. Nepal is the only country always free from foreign power, probably in the entire human history. And we are proud of that. BUT, Nepal is the only country always torn and ravaged for power since forever. Be it hundreds of years ago, before Shahs and Ranas or be it 50 some years ago, after Nepal saw a new dawn of a vey shortlived democracy. The thing is, It is not system who make people but it is people who make system. And it is people who follow them. You are a politician, you are a lawmaker, you are powerful, but you are a Nepali too. If you think as a Nepali before you think as a politician or lawmaker, maybe it will sound more reasonable in your process of decisions and prospects. "cos before everything else, YOU ARE A NEPALI AND YOU HAVE TO LIVE IN NEPAL AND YOU CAN MAKE IT A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE IN, FOR YOURSELF AND YOUR CHILDREN AND 30 MILLION OTHERS NEPALESE. PEACE AND SERENTIY AND SECURITY. THATS ALL WE NEED. NOTHING MORE. NOTHING LESS.