> again, my query about Nepal wasn't based on my personal political
> value judgment, since I'm not there. I just wanted to see what others
> here thought.
here's what i wrote last fall <http://www.monthlyreview.org/1105mage.htm> with pic of the main mountain peak in the maoist base area.
the good-natured & intelligent dog was named 'Suntala' ('Tangerine')
john mage