Imi, my mother is a converted Hindu, until recently a loyal member of Nepal's district chapter of Hindu Bishwo Parishad. she is still a hindu. well, my mentioning the Buddhist gompas coming up on kathmandu valley hilltops and what not is my own twisted way of saying that the hindu shrines (shiva lingas and rusted tridents) on hilltops in and around kathmandu valley have languised under the so-called "Hindu Nepal," whereas there have been an reawakening of interests in "Buddhistism". the monies that the pashupati nath temple and countless other temples received were not put to good use: just look at the polluted bagmati river/sali nadi, etc. bagmati is not a river, my friend, it is a sewer!!! where did all the monies go? different sects of buddhism have put their money to a much better use: to assert their cultural identity and spread the message of peace, thus bringing Nepal recognition from the wider International Community. all i'm saying is that under "Secular Nepal", Hinduism has, paradoxically, languished. I said the pashupati nath temple has become a posterboy of mismanagement, abuse, chakribad, sins, etc - and this has sullied the image of Hinduism. many hindus are fed up of organised Hinduism - of its rituals and trappings, its links with BHP and Shiva Sena, and its "vagyabadi" aspects, as well as its condescending attitude toward other religions or towards its own - the Dalits. may be Hinduism didn't feel any threat under "Hindu Nepal", and thus let its guard down. its own practitioners neglected its good aspects (and allowed the false god-king and its puppets to make mockery of hinduism and milk it for all its worth) and played up its worst aspects (excesses) under Hindu Nepal. now that Hinduism has fallen from its perch (Nepal is now a "secular" state), may be its practioners will do well to clean up its image in the future. in this regard, under Secular Nepal, hindus may have more incentives to do something positive to salvage its image and reputation from the corrupting clutches of the likes of Bharat Keshari Singh as well as to distance itself from the hindu fundamentalist groups such as shiva sena and BHP . well, i mentioned sherpas/gurungs/tamangs/tibetans' growing prominence to underscore the fact that it is not as easy as it seems for the hindus to unite against anti-Hindu forces, as Kalki Kapil clamors. This is my direct response to Kalki Kapil who sounds like a hot-blooded Hindu fanatic! let me debunk two Kalki Kapil's misconceptions & knock some sense into his thick stupid skull so that he actually gets it. 1) these sherpa/gurung/tamang/tibetan communities are not anti-Hindu. 2) clamoring for Secularisation of Nepal or granting Nepal a "Secular" status is not an anti-Hindu act. It is merely according equal status to all the religions in the eye of the state or law. that's all. last but not least, let us clean up some of the prevailing myths about the kathit bygone "Hindu Nepal". 1) That king is an incarnation of a Hindu God: well, he's just bitten the dust! 2) That under "Hindu Nepal", religions have co-existed harmoniously - well under Saddam Hussien we didn't hear as much about sectarian violence in Iraq either (so does that mean that under Saddam these different sects coexisted harmoniously?). "harmonious co-existence" is a term that is bandied about very loosely around here. 3) That aadivashis-janjatis-muslims-christians etc are anti-Hindu: they are non-Hindu sure, but they are not anti-Hindu. so Kalki Kapil's rallying cry makes no sense. he's deluded - he's seeing enemy where none exists! May Pashupati Nath bless all you guys!