Notwithstanding the hollow hero worshipping of so called Badamaharajdhiraj, for many of ethnic groups, when they take a careful analysis of the history, PN Shah was nothing but a bully. If you say he is a unifier, you should also ask at whose costs and who are the beneficiaries? For that matter, one can also argue that the British unified India. To me, a unifier is an individual who takes all sections of people, all ethnic groups living within a certain geographic boundary, regardless of their background, colour, and religion, but not favour just one particular group, caste or religion. We know how PN Shah cheated the Magars in depriving them of the Magarat kingdom. We know how he systematically destroyed many of the kingdoms belonged to Tamangs, and autonomously ruled by the Tamangs, which did not fall under Baaise and choubises. In fact, in today?s world, you could try him as a war criminal if you were to look at how he mercilessly ordered to chop off the noses of the Kitripures after he succeeded in attacking the Kathmandu valley during the festival. PN Shah openly ordered to kill the Christians after taking over the valley. So much for his religious tolerance and keeping all sections of people in harmony! His ?Dibyaupadesh? disparagingly decries certain ethnic groups as ?pakhures?. If you call him a visionary, one could put on him all the blames of all the ills and conflicts that are going on today in Nepal. His vision was, ?chaar jaat, chhattis barna?. He envisioned Nepal of only four castes, does not matter how the modern day apologists twist it to read as ?Chaar barna, Chhattis jaat?. PN Shah and his advisors sowed the seed of the modern day conflict in Nepal. The Maoists appeal would fizzle out if there were no ethnic dissension and discontentment borne out of age old discrimination set up since the PN Shah?s time. On the other hand, you could make the Maoists disappear, win over, or buy off or whatever, but it cannot be done for ever without eliminating the decimation towards certain groups or without changing the current imbalance of power in state affairs. One reason we have not asked probing questions is because our historians have been either bias deliberately or did not do enough research to bring the truth out in open. We have been brainwashed to accept lies and sheer opinions as truth through our textbooks by Itihas Shiromani Baburam who? Dilli Raman, and Surya Bikram Gyawali and others. Would they have shown guts to write anything that are not pleasing to the establishment? No. Today, what hurts a sensitive Nepali and provokes his inner self when someone says Buddha was born in India. The Buddhism was born in India, no doubt. However, nobody gives a damn about how the Buddhism was treated by the rulers of Nepal in course of our history, and PN Shah and his advisors took extra care to see that no other religion than Hinduism lived and thrived in Nepal. This is so sad eventhough we take pride in having similarity in Buddhism and Hinduism and exercising tolerance between these two religions. With their staunch Hindu priests as daily and hourly advisors by their side, the Ranas later in their 101 years of oligarchy even reinforced it so hard that the Thakalis began to convert themselves to wearing ?janai? after the 1920s mainly to have an access to the palaces and a business advantage. If you look at the long span of the rule that is over quarter million years you would find it hard to note anything substantial that measures up to the Shah Kings? contribution to Nepal and its people. Our historians have simply turned the blind eye to it. They simply repeated the same lies again and again which we now take as being the only truth. Many did so because they were the beneficiaries of the perpetuated lies and thus did not see any good in digging out the truth and bring it in open. I challenge modern day historians, rationalists and above all, all plain thinking people and those who want to see the truth come out in open, without being bias to what caste you belong to, to look at our history one more time and lay it out for us. I know I have said many things here to provoke the thoughts of many. I will simply relax and take the brickbats. A nation built on lies is bound to fall like a pack of cards. A burning issue like the one mentioned here must not go without being debated.