actually i was going through this site http://planetinternet.wordpress.com/2006/08/03/top-10-cities-asia/ and i found that kathmandu was not even in the top ten last year, that made me think how could Kathmandu make a huge leap to no 3 .. well no prizes for guessing though ... it has to be due to King Gyanendra giving way or more siginificantly Maoists ceasefire to join the political mainstream