fucchemula, i don't want to delve into things that have already been discussed umpteen times in sajhs already. i just have a question for you though. have you ever questioned yourself, why did maoists insurgency happened in nepal? hyperthread, well said. it may be too early to judge maoists. any opinion for or against hence may sound judgmental for now. but looking at how conventional/monolithic communism has been ostracized by the world, i am not at a stage to buy the argument that maoists will lead nepal to a communist republic. look at china, how they have mutated and restructured themselves from conventional communism. they are being more capitalistic nowadays hence the economic prosperity. i hope prachanda, baburam et. al. have learnt a lesson or two from them. captain, well done in keeping the 'kaali' racism away from this thread :) LooTe