I agree with cool on the issue of flag. But yes, our national anthem needs to be changed. When I was in school, lined up in the sun to sing 'my' national anthem, I always wondered why there was not a single word about Nepal, and how every 'sabda' was solely concerned with praisnig our monarchs. And as ma mareko chaina says, if a nepali wins a gold at olympics -- here i am being highly optimistic, i know-- and subsequently the nepali anthem is played, what can the athlete be thinking then? I am sure he will feel more revulsion towards our vaunted king than pride on witnessing the hoisting of the Nepali flag! And if h/she cries during the process, how are we to intrepret the tears? Falling with a sincere gratitude for nepal, or in lamenting our lack of national identity?