chakku, i take my words back about dr. devkota, if you feel it's undeserving. he does not deserve to be a role-model to you and to others, agreed. there are far better neurosurgeons in nepal, asia and in the world who deserve the place of top influencing personalities of nepal. no one is perfect and no one is super human in this non-utopian society where we're living. when i say role-model, i mean it for certain qualities that people have. dr. devkota, in my view, certainly has some and that earns him a position in the list of top people of nepal-- where in exactly and after how many people -- i don't know! number of publications, how he treats patients, his attitudes all do count to certain extent, but it cannot take, what he has achieved, away from him. Astu LooTe