Superb article, while reading, I felt like each word was targeted towards me. The points he has raised are certainly very pragmetic and the young blood politicians like gagan thapa do share this view. Unfurtunately, we belong to the country where "going to prison for so-called political reason is better valued than going abroad(or within the country) for higher education", "photo of being arrested by police during protest is measure of that persons sucess in being a good politicians". and bla bla. Comparing to india is nonsense. We dont have to go to taiwan's example just look at rajiv gandhi, P chidambaram, aman mohan sing in india. They are architects of indias economic growth and in relatively short time they have been headach to world super powers. Despite agreeing with Mr. Basnyat, i feel that until and unless we have the system where technically and educationally fit person in governance and elected legislative body to monitor them, all other efforts will count for nothing. Lets hope, highly hyped SAMBIDHAN SAWA will come with some adjustments in overall power structure of the country. Its not always that foreign graduate would do well, as far as i know all these people were educated abroad, King Mahndra, birendra and gyanendre (they together rule for around 40 years), Ram Sharan MAahat, prakash chandra lohani, bhes bahadur thapa, mahesh acharya, sher bahadur,..... what did they do ?? If the environement is conduicive, people will think about going back. Its upto politicians. Very unfurtunately, despite being a liberal, democratic guy, i should say my last hope is on maoist to get things sorted out quickly.