On Paradox. The point is that our discussions about democracy has become so muddled, so narrow, so self-serving and so alarmingly fundamentalist in Nepal I don't know what kind of Vidya you have padheko about democracy. But I don't think democracy is like one of several political religions to be ALARMINGLY FUNDAMENTALIST. Democracy is fundamental thing. So the discussion about it got to be fundamentalist. It's got to be self-serving. Gyanendracracy is no alternative to it. However, I agree with you that the discussion is largely muddled. But this is precisely because we have mixed up it with the monarchy right from it's birth in 2047, well then for a well-intentioned reason. However muddled it has remained in the past, I think now it getting more and more clearled up on a daily basis if not hourly. we don't demand that Mohsin explain why Nepal ranks just above North Korea and Korea in terms press freedom (despite all his propaganda), while we pounce on him for saying that Nepal might be heading towards an authoritarian rule. That's the paradox I find hard to reconcile with what I know about democracy. Forgive me I still don't see any paradox. Obviously I don't know what you know about democracy. Let's put this paradox aside. You have thrown another interesting paradox. Finally, some of Nepal's "finest" intellectuals -- many of whom fought for democracy and what not -- are now begging the King to come and save the Royal Nepal Academy. Now, that's another paradox I find hard to understand. It's indeed an unfortunate deed. However, neither it is a paradox to me nor do I think the overall force of pro-democracy flow of Nepali history is too weak at this point to wash away this as a minor story. Some of our PRADAs were not wise, but they are not foolish either. Begging the king to come and save the Royal Nepal Academy does not contradict with the pro-democracy agenda- in terms of limiting the King to a cultural role. I don't think this begging was meant to give greater POLITICAL role/power to the King. Whether it was the best option is debatable, but the intention of these finest intellectual was to depoliticize the Academy. So I do not see that much of a paradox here. It was an unwise thing done with a good intention. If that's paradox, okay paradox. But I don't think this group of our 'finest' intellectuals have given TILANJALI to democracy. Let's not forget, when the jana-aandolan took a distinct republican flavour overriding Girija-MKN's constititional monarchical lagaam, our Pradhyapak-chikitsak-kanoonkarmi-karmachari came to the street. They are there waiting for a right moment, waiting for ongoing royal chatak to collapse.