"To be brutally honest, lets admit it: we don't have no nationalism. What we have is Sheer Impulse. Spur of the moment. We act on it on the name of our nationalism and give it a few days rest, it will be completely forgotten......... " Snurp, you just defined a case of misplaced nationalism. On a whim or an impulse you tend to misplace your nationalistic feelings on wrong causes. You nailed it! bravo And for the record, I did not deduce and conclude anything for anyone. It was just my opinion that perhaps Prashant speaking Nepali in an indian idol contest was a hidden tactics to rile up the fragile Nepali misplaced patriotism. It is ridiculously out of character than you want everyone to think like you do. Everyone has their own thoughts about the subject and can express themselves