Sitarajyu, Either you don't like criticism or you like making sarcastic comments. I think its the latter. Nice self-promotional plug-in though. Good to know you have a background in both sociology and psychology. I wasn't referring to your article in particular, but articles with your point of view that have been flooding the media since the incidents on September 5. Specifically, an article by an American psychologist who devoted an entire page in the same magazine trying to explain the mental state of the Nepalese people and how it led to the riots. Other writers have assumed this air of intellectual superiority, as if they belong to only a minority who share similar views. Nepalese live in a volatile environment ready to blow up anytime, Nepalese were ready to snap, blah blah blah. If indeed this was the case, why did only 0.25% of the entire population "snap"? I didn't think your article took the same tone until you made that statement here - "When the majority denounces any acts of violence, there is still hope for Nepal." Did it really take messages and letters from Nepal to reassure you that "the Nepali mass" did not approve of the riots? Whenever incidents like these happen, intellectuals and quasi-intellectuals start overanalyzing everything. How about just accepting it as human nature and condemning the few instead of digging for reasons when there are none? A bunch of people went crazy, that's it. People go crazy everywhere - it doesn't just have to be in a country like Nepal. People rioted when the Lakers won championships. People rioted when a black man got beaten by white cops. Even if Nepal were in a state of utopia, a bunch of people still would've gone out on the streets to riot had the same incident taken place. It has little to do with the state of Nepal and the general mindset of the Nepali people. Hope you do understand that I agree with the point of view - that what happened was unfortunate and should be condemned. And the mean things I may have said above are not targeted at your article in particular, ok? Because I am glad you did not overanalyze the situation like other writers despite having a background in sociology and psychology :)