me no political analyst. but, keepin in par wiht my optisim, which i realize can be crushed any morning, i do seee some positive signs...positive being a relative word. for example, "Reciprocating the Maoist announcement of a three-month-long ceasefire, the government on Wednesday evening withdrew the Red Corner Notice and removed the “terrorist” tag labelled on the Maoists" "The government [led by koirala] also annulled the municipal elections conducted by the royal government recently" "With the major political parties boycotting the Feb.8 municipal polls conducted by the royal government, the turnout of voters was very poor—less than 21 percent of the total voters across the country" by teh way, didn't the recent oath taking ceremonies of ministers take place in singa durbar instead of folloing the tradition at the royal palace"