I am not trying to be funny MS. I am fully aware of my state of mind thanks! We have to learn from the past and what I see is that there is no single leader who is capable of handling the situation of Nepal right now. They are all either not effective public communicators or they lack the charisma. The king has that charisma and sadly so does the opposing Maoist leaders. Did you know that The King's command of english language is superb. He speaks with fluency and effectively. I heard him on Public Channel interview on a program about survivng Monarchy. Quote;"Nepali people have to go through the darkness before they reach end of the tunnel" King Gyanendra. I think he had a vision and plans how to deal with the Maoist problem first then the democracy for the Nepalese. With these happenings right now in Nepal, these plans had to be postponed. I think he was genuinely frustrated and worried about Nepalese not understaing him in this regard. he was also doing a good public relations by touring the nation. Jai Nepal