Highfly, I don't know why are you so worried about the poaaibility of nepal being a red state? Nepal would never be a red state. All the possibilities without the majority consensus is temporary as is the present day monarchy. Maoist and army are fighting for a long time now but they are getting no where.Fighting for the minority interest is the reason behind their failure. Now when Maoist join the democratic alliance, they have a possibility of being accepted by nepali. However, if the major portin of population wants the country to be red state, what else we can do? so lets's pave a way toward a system where majority rules. Constitutional Assembly is what i see as the first step to start with. Indisguise, I agree with your stand on ceremonila monarchy. I hope most of the people agree with that. I think king have to make the decision right now. He should go for constitutional assembly. If current movement forces him to step down, they would ask a little more for their toil. They may not even accept ritual monarchy anymore. But I have to confess that i am not going to stand on the forefront of current mvement. I am just pissed by the fact that a minority group is ruling the country posing to represent a greater nepal. i have no sympathy over what political leaders did in the past. But i agree with their current movement and also with the maoist decision to assist parties. It's not getting us to utopia but it is at least a step forward.