Rein, Here are some articles of mine that give you a sense of what I have thought about the king's takever since Feb 2005. - http://www.nepalitimes.com/issue/235/StrictlyBusiness/1201 Subtext: Chile’s lesson: curtailing criticism means policy errors go uncorrected - http://www.nepalitimes.com/issue/245/StrictlyBusiness/198 Subtext: Nepali state as a landlord collecting rent - http://www.nepalitimes.com/issue/255/StrictlyBusiness/541 Subtext: Why business community must see in Krishna Pahadi's being in jail - http://www.nepalitimes.com/issue/272/StrictlyBusiness/3866 Subtext: Nepal is an aquarium, not a brass cauldron - http://www.nepalitimes.com/issue/282/StrictlyBusiness/10165 Subtext: Change in coming to Nepal because of demography, geography and globalisation *** ADVICE to political parties: - http://www.nepalitimes.com/issue/194/StrictlyBusiness/3214 Why valley residents were not joining the political protests. There are others too. Please visit: - http://www.nepalitimes.com/browse/StrictlyBusiness for more Of course, I'd be the first to say that everything I have written here can be OPEN to challenges, discussions and debates. That's the BEAUTY of sharing ideas in public. I do not have the time or resources to join the street protests. When it comes to public leadership, I am hopeless. That's my limitation. Therefore, you will never see me making any cliams on that front from me, though I question others who make such claims for themselves. So, I focus on things I can do well -- putting certain ideas in the public domain, for what they are worth for democracy. Tetti ho. oohi ashu