Nepe dai wrote: In the issues with conflicting interests between the people and the foreign powers, popular pressure can be expected to prevail. In the issues with no conflict of interests between the people and the foreign powers, it does not matter whom our politicians go to appease. I'm confused what do you mean by popular pressure will prevail? If you haven't forgotten, India came to Sikkim with just intention (so called) of taking just border security. But the political turmoil ( ofcourse due to lame politicians) became so intense, over 95% of countrymen decided to annexed Sikkim as the state of India. Are you talking about that kind of pressure? Eventhough Londup Dorje now heavyly regrets it, it only takes few leaders to make favourable condition for foreign country to overcome public pressure, that's all I'm saying.Exchanging support for Sikkim with Tibet is another tactics played by India shows how desperate truely India was though they always claim they gained Sikkim with popular vote. With literacy rate less than 50% in Nepal, do you think people are able to make right judgement without truely patriotic leadership? Does nepalese need true guidence in current situation or they are sufficient to guide the leaders? I'm really pessimist about the later one. True that we are the mirrors of politicians but I havn't seen any country that rose quickly without formidable leadership in the beginning. Leave you with quote - "Leaders are born not made".