I tend to agree with what rahulvai wrote about dr. devkota. he himself crucified his otherwise scintillating image by letting a fiercely talented and skillful person as he is, get manuipulated by the royals under those circumstances. else, he deserves every bit of accolades he got for what is a totally awe-inspiring life he's been living till date. for a very normal villager from gorkha who used to go to a very normal school of his village traversing a 3-hours long trail each day without wearing slippers - a very normal nepali who saw vehicle for the first time when he came to Kathmandu at the age of 17 right after SLC, to reach to a position of one of the best neuro-surgeons of asia and the world is truly an amazing achievement by any standard. even after his short and much controversial political career, he truly stands as a role-model for the yougsters of nepal. not meaning to demean their achievement but if people like Madan KC and Pashupati Shamsher can make it to the list, Dr. Devkota deserves every right to stand handsomely in the list of top achievers of nepal. LooTe