Hukka Nepali - I'll say it is fair game that you find my opinion to be naive because I find your's to be unreasonably cynical. In all humbleness, I think my ideas are realistic, practical and within the bounds of reason. As a matter of fact, quite a bit of what I have said is merely an account of things as they are right now, and is not a proposition for substantive change. Our economic destiny is tied to India's and has been so for the last 50 or 60 years if not longer. Whether we chose to accept that or deny it is upto us.We can only leverage what India has to offer if we can first accept some of these fundamental facts, however bitter they might be. Isolated Freak - How many bottles do I need to finish before you show up to give me company? :) Hope you are doing well and will drop by with your comments when you get a chance. I too have a bit of a hectic week this week but will be logging into Sajha only in if I can. Hushpuppy - I hope you are joking because if you are not, it's one of the dumbest things I have heard you say. Bikash - We have got to move on from looking at ourselves as victims of India. $hit like that always happens in life. The question is what you do when something like that happens - do you berate India for ever and blame them for everything or do you avenge them by moving on and taking advantage of them in a way that is beneficial to you and will empower you in the long run. India has some bad points. I don't dispute that. The question is what should our focus be : on the good things they have to offer or the bad. If people want to focus on the bad let them. For me the relationship with India needs to have a stong commercial and transactional nature to it inorder for us to get the respect from India that we so badly crave for. You are not a hypoctrite - at the risk of sounding patronizing, I think you are a well meaning Nepali who appears to be misguided and, if I dare say so , a bit confused. Ne23pe - I see nothing wrong in talking about other countries. We talk about ours all the time. TM -Yo, brother, wassup? :) I laughed hard when I read your comment. So you want me to summarize for you, eh? Who do you think I am - your secretary? ;) Stop being lazy and read the damned thing - it is of a particular length for a good reason - trust me, it will be worth the while :) Have a good day all!