Whoa! P-Queen and Chip_of_the_oldblock, you guys seem to know a lot about the Rana family! Are you somehow tied to this clan, may be a Khandani Thapa or a Thakuri or something? :) It's scary, the entire system of hierarchy in Nepal; these people holding Nepal's corporate world. Any business tycoon you look at will either be a Rana/Shaha/Thapa/Thakuri or affiliated to them, like Dixits, Nepal etc... for a 'aam' Nepali tilling land or selling 'saag' by Bagmati River, they arent even aware that these tycoons who also indirectly manupulate Nepali politics dont give a shit about them or their lives. Would Paras? Or would Jaya Pratap? Or would Sashank Koirala? For that matter, GP Koirala...these ppl are so engraved with aristrocacy, so away from the everyday life of Us, why would they care what is good for us?? We achieved Democracy, but our leaders are still very much attached to feudal system, where caste, class is deeply rooted and they would want to stick to it because it is a privelege... Sorry guys, this isnt the right thread to discuss this, but I cant even stand the Ranas still writing SJB with their names- and guess what? They should have long realized that their titles have lost the strong, bureaucratic tone to it almost 12 yrs ago!! Their holding on to it tells they arent up for change yet (change in attitude for a feudal-less societ).