I was strightly against the Maoists till a couple of months ago. I thought they were from palace to return all the power back. Since the turn of the politics and the Andolan II Prachanda has started impressing me. I dont know how he is gonna be when he is in power but right now he is speaking the words of common nepali. If you ask me today who is the single man that has leadership to take nepal to the next level the only name comes is Prachanda. Atleast he has spoken what lots of people dont even imagine. what I think is if he just does what he has spoken till now, Nepal will be soaring a lot higher. I think this man has some potential, the way he has been handling the People's Movement, the Janandolan II and the current chaos in Politics, he is the right person to lead nepal. Of course I have not seen the other side, nor has any one else from sajha seen it. I am not talking about the atrocities ofthe Maoist Army. I think that Nepal has always been the unlucky one so I suspect he might land up as "Madan Bhandari II" and we may never see what he is up to. I am watching the developments closely. I am not SPA nor Maoist supporter. I am just a Nepali completely open minded in seek of a genuine leader to lead nepal. Let me know if any one has better names. =============== Ghopachee , i forgot to read your post. well said THAT PRETTY MUCH SUMMARIZES MY OWN VIEWS. Loote