Suraj2006 - Very interesting - thanks for the link. I always get a kick when I read stuff from way in the past. For one thing, the political tone back then seems so different. I agree with your other point about how this all started. Clearly the seeds of discontent were sowed long before multi-party democracy was restored. It is true that those in power after 1990 were guilty of some commission and a lot of omission which made things worse but Nepal was a volcano long waiting to explode.