Mr Confused, Trust me, a little research on your part before you come here and vent all your frustration solely on the present "mantris." May be the Ranas built huge buildings and all that, but who were they built for? At whose expense were they built? Also, read your post again. You contradict yourself. You say Rana Sasan was better than the present (by present I assume you mean the pre-October 18 (?) and after 1990). In what sense? You say investment in education would have averted the present scenario. Mind enlightening us exactly how many schools were built during the Rana regime? For whom were they built? Is peace under the point of a gun your definition of a good saasan? And you say, "Capitalist society rocks." I wonder what your definition of capitalism is. But as far as I know privatization was not a norm during Ranas, not even during Panchayat. --- Btw, if you still do not question the motivation of the Maoist and actually have faith on the Maoist ideology, all I can say is I tend to think of you as either a comedian or somebody who needs serious help with health. Of course, assuming you are not saying you support Maoism merely out of frustration. Mero ek sukaa.