Ashu, Your posting brings much needed respectful and inquisitive atmosphere in the thread. I appreciate it. Yet I am not dragging Roger here yet. That is because, first I had taken my liberty to post all these stuff without his prior knowledge and consent. Then there still are not any queries, let's say, about his views, which he presumably might love to take. Re your query about his first name, yes, Roger is his adopted name for convenience. For the election campaign, he has been using both his first name and the surname as per need. Adhikari, where surname is more appropriate, and elsewhere, Roger. If you ask me, I am glad to see that he does not fret to use his surname. I do not know if Roger feels that way, however, I feel a sense of respect/pride in one's identity. At least, it shows a degree of self-confidence. You were probably beckoning to a possible electoral prejudice against immigrants. You probably are right. However, I have this feeling that it is the weak self-confidence of immigrants that would be a factor in the whole thought process that gives rise to the prejudice against them. A weak self-confidence means an unresolved identity, allegiance and patriotism. A strong self-confidence of a given immigrant means his identity, allegiance and patriotism are resolved and therefore he is more trustworthy. Anyway, I think this is a very delicate social psychology and I probably am not seeing all the factors. **** **** **** **** Thaha, Re Republican/Democratic divide, let's put it this way. If we sum up all their pluses and minuses, Republican wouldn't come terribly high in the pedestal, at least. So it wouldn't be appropriate to dismiss one based on his allegiance to one of these parties. Nepe