It is hard to believe that even if Maoists leaders give up arms and come to mainstream politics, their cadres will give up their easy lives they live by ruling weaker population by threats. Since they have started asking or demanding donations of various kinds, many local thugs have taken advantage of it posing as Maoists. Maoists in Nepal seem to have adapted to this easy life of showing up in people’s doorsteps and demanding food and money whenever and wherever they can. But the saddest part of the story is the poor innocent farmers that get caught up in the middle of this fight for power. On a similar note, I had heard instances where the Maoists had arrived in the village to gather up their “rasan” and soon the armies arrived, and the innocent villagers got caught up in the middle of the gun fight. I cannot think of one single good that has come up from this bloodshed, and yet they claim it “Peoples’ War.”