Captain Haddock, I have some very reliable sources to verify most of the accusations I have made. I do belive one thing though, Girija, Khum Bdr or the rest of the corrupts did not make in Arabs amount of rupees as claimed by some, but the big ones did make in few crores. If a businessman gives a 10 lakh ghush to a politician, he usually claims he paid 50 lakhs, so that others don't get encouraged (on the other hand this does create bigger demands by the politician). But more than the amount, the corruption from top-down created a culture that is so difficult to contain even after the Janaandolan II. I also believe one thing though, there are more politcians (in all parties, NC, UML or RPP) who are not corrupt than that are corrupt, but these non-corrupt politcians could never point fingers or fight against their own friends, they just watched as it happened and kept their mouth shut, which is actually a bigger crime. Hopefully with "New Nepal", the rotten ones will be taken out, and I hope this will not be another wishful thought for us.