if Nepal had continued without Maoist thugs, we could've seen a much better Nepal. daddy, that's a wishful thinking, innit? democracy is a slowly evolving process. india, fortunately got it 60 years back and they're building onto it. no monarchy, no communists and no extremists as such for them since then. nepal unfortunately haven't have that privilege yet. we fought, we kept quiet, again we fought and we're still fighting. we fought against ranas, we fought against the king. now, if maoists evolve as extremists against democracy, we may have to fight against them as well. i don't want to rush into the conclusion to declare prachanda as hero or villain. from 2007 fight for freedom, we got rid of the rana monopoly. and now through maoists, we're on the verge of getting rid of the monarchy for good. so we're moving, albeit slowly. as i said, we've lost many lives. perhaps there could've been a better way. but since none was coming, it came through maoists way...that's the reality! we need to accept it and move forward from here instead of honoring or cursing anyone. prachanda and maoists still have a long way to go before we call them heroes or villains. they've succeeded in creating a conducive environment for full-fledged democracy from where we can prosper as a nation. how they carry themselves from here, is still needed to be waited and watched. i think i have answered maddogg as well. :P LooTe