Poonte thanks for your response. I don't blame you or anyone for having hope for a bigger democratic picture for Nepal. But your view of politics seems to have been blinded by your hatred for Monarchy. During the Maoist SPA movement, people like you supported the Maoists along with the SPA to make Nepali politics more democratic. Lots of people like you made the pact with the devil hoping that things will be better. There are few things inherently different between the Maoist and the King's autocratic rule. During the Kings rule there were fewer cases of extortion simply because these extortions and undemocratic practices were coming from the King/royal family influence. On one hand we had the King and his aides and his family and extended family and friends who were involved in undemocratic practices, and on the other hand we had the Maoists who were ARMED and DANGEROUS. Who killed people mercilessly according to their whims. Who forcibly recruited children from schools to join their army. We are not talking about a family and thier extended associates. We are now talking about a whole bunch of armed rebels who are following the extinct beliefs of communism that have failed everywhere else. And now the situation in Nepal is going from bad to worse, with more percentage of people being affected adversely by maoist exploitation than during the King's rule. The country is losing it's control with two parallel governments running the country in the cities and in the villages. The government not able to control the Maoist. Does it look like things are going in the right direction? How can people expect to gamble with the future of the country by supporting the Maoist/SPA movement HOPING that things will get better? All the other supporters of Maoist and SPA are now keeping their mouths shut because they tried hard to sell their assumptions and theories about how things will get better, and everyday they know that things are getting even worse much worse than before. Do you think the country will be in the right direction when the Maoists begin to control the whole government? Would you still believe in the democracy that you hoped for?