"u see the maoist representing the poor??????????????? " --mahakaal Absolutely speaking, no. But relatively, yes. [Note: you cannot use absolute points of reference in these things. None exists.] In the present context, I think the Maoists represent the poor more than any other Nepali political force does. It is not hard too hard to observe this. I think it would be only a mistake to dismiss them as mere troublemakers. They evidently have a very strong support of the people in the grassroots of remote Nepal... mostly the poor and the oppressed. I do not see much validity in the theory that the Maoists have been able to grow and sustain only because they use the so called 'terror' (or that they know how to use the poor, like Ashu says). I think that they are a major political force with a significant voluntary mass (most of them poor, disfranchised) behind them, and we need to get out of the denial and accept the facts and try to address the problem. Dismissing them as a few bad guys and their agenda as nonsense and hoping to get rid of them by killing them all (the Nepali administration's apparent current course) will be only counter-productive. This stratgey has never worked anywhere in the world. Bhoonte-ji, Thanks, and yes, with due respect, I would rather not engage in discussions with you simply because of the incompatibility in our mode of expression. You have been very presumptuous, and, now apparently you think I have my "mentors" (more assumptions!), to make me deserve your unprovoked offensive aggression. I do not even know who you are talking about. I am a free thinker and will stay this way regardless of your threats and mistreatments. I try to respect everyone's thoughts and take them at their face value. I am sorry that I may not agree with your ideas all the time, but please stop thinking that only you care about Nepal.