By the way, this is the article that the article above heavily relies on: http://www.fareedzakaria.com/ARTICLES/other/democracy.html Alright, so she is saying that dramatically changing the constitution may not be good for Nepal, because it may eventually trample on our freedom of expression, speech, etc. Ms Karki's one-sided article--she seems pro-king to me-- never once mentions some of the restrictions that were imposed by King G on the media for example. What about all the media folks that were jailed for some of their anti-king opinions? However, we do need the king as a symbolic head for checks and balances, no doubt, and giving him adequate power is a necessity in a country like Nepal. There is no doubt that he is a symbol of unity, but let's be fair about it. Seems to me like Ms Karki would not want any deals to be made with the Maoists--which is not really a good idea because the war will just keep dragging on.