just read today's kantipur editorial entitled, "Dharma Nirapechhata ko Sandarvhikata". it poignantly argues for "Secular Nepal". "secular nepal" is a necessary but certainly not a sufficient pre-condition for "samabeshi loktantra!" More needs to be done to make "loktantra" more samabeshi. practioners of Hinduism have been good to other religions under "Hindu Nepal", Hinduism can be greater still under "Secular Nepal". but the state has not been good to other religions under "Hindu Nepal". My diatribe is against the state - not against the Hindus! I want to clarify my position clearly. Janjatis are non-Hindus, but they are not anti-Hindus. Clamoring for or granting "Secular Nepal" is not an anti-Hindu act. SPA has only heeded the call for "Samabeshi Loktantra" and made a declaration to that effect. the SPA is right to create a climate conducive for a more egalitarian Nepali society. hyaaaaaa's argument that this issue should be decided at a ballot doesn't hold water. you cannot have a ballot to resolve every god damn issue, given the poor country's resource constraints. whether "Nepal is to stay secular" or a Buddhist country or a Christian country or whatever is something for the constituent assembly to decide when they sit down to draft a new constitution. but first there has to be an election to the constituent assembly first. remember that Nepal didn't acquire a "Hindu country" status through a ballot in the first place ( it was a discriminatory/offensive state policy imposed on the country's peoples by the then king and his chamchas). So under the changed scenario in Nepal, it was natural for the "Hindu Nepal" status whose origin was not legitimate in the first place to lose all legitimacy with the fall of autocratic monarchy. it was, therefore, natural for the House of Reps to remove the discriminatory/offensive state policy of supporting "Hindu religion" over many other religions to support the people's call for "samabeshi loktantra." don't give us that crap about the SPA should have put this to vote. i'm afraid that many guys on this sajha thread are playing right into the hands of India-based Hindu orgs and Hindus as well as their stooges in Nepal. these guys on Sajha are only exposing themselves for who they are: bigots & supremacists. nepesahila has already exposed himself. you want to look for anti-Hindu forces, dude? don't look toward non-Hindus (janjatis, for instance). they are not anti-Hindus. don't delude yourself: don't look for enemies where none exist. You want to look for anti-Hindu forces? Look within yourself, dude! Your biggest enemies are right inside you. fundamentalist hindus like yourself are the ultimate anti-hindus. go ahead organise against the anti-hindu forces within you.