By all indications, it seems that India is fastly getting frustrated with the new dispensation in Kathmandu. The UPA government with the nudges from the Left had hoped that the Maoists would come to the mainstream and dance to its tunes which is why from 2002 onwards there is ample evidence that India's intelligence agencies were actively trying to bring Koirala and the Maoists together. Shyam Saran who had close contacts with King Gyanendra resided in Kathmandu with a single purpose:- somehow pressure the King to sideline the parties so that he would naturally fall into the trap.

Comrade Narayan Man Bijukche, Rohit, is the only Nepali leader who would point a fingure at the high ranking leaders from the Maoists, the UML and the NC camps on a regular basis and say analysts, "his criticisms are always valid in more ways than one".

As Nepal's newly-elected assembly prepares to declare the country a republic, two Nepalis debate whether the country should abolish the monarchy. ...