hahahaha...thapap,
ouch! did it hurt?
sowie, didn't mean to perturb your calmness.

i really didn't mean to throw darts in the dark and assume things beyond my knowledge about you, but your 'assertion' forced me to and i was almost ready for your comeback but there is no doubt that you don't know much about me..:) nonetheless i am happy being your twin

coming back to the topic, i am shocked, to say the least, to see how the thought process of we educated commoners have been doing lately. i have, from some of the nepali folks at my place, listened to similar thoughts as some of you folks here in this thread have been bringing up. i have heard about nepal being under grave danger due to dirty political games by the parties and the maoists. i have talked with people with different opinions: some in favor of monarchy as well, provided if king remains within the periphery of multiparty democratic system... but none ever had second thought about panchayati system. to see it coming from folks here in sajha, that too from people whom i regard as having thougtful heads over their shoulders, is very, very sad.

if you can't see why we are where we are, panchayat might seem as the best of the systems we had. just because there were not any bandhs, strikes or other forms of objections during panchayat, doesn't mean we were in peace. it's simple logic. if we take into account the current upheaval, sure it looks hopeless to a great extent. but then, we needed to come down to zero and start from scratch--so we are. if we keep delving into past and voicing our opinion for it, we will never ever be able to move forward. we, as responsible citizens, should make sure we don't derrail from here on--that's important. it's our country and now that we have basic democratic platform, it demands more attention and responsibilty in our part to understand the situation and act accordingly. let's look forward, shall we?

again, there could be typos aplenty as i am typing everything in rush