Care to explain to me and the to rest of us against secularization of Nepal why Nepal has never had civil unrests/religious conflicts/sectarian conflicts in the past vis-a-vis India? Everybody knows that Hindu nationalism is on the rise in India, while this phenomenon has not spread like wildfire in Nepal. Why? Because we have all grown used to the fact that Nepal is the world's only Hindu religion. Some of you say that the religion has been imposed on you. Well then, compare and contrast Nepal's situation with that of India's, where religion is not imposed on people in any shape or form. Where do you see more conflicts, Nepal or India? This change will surely backfire, because Hindus, who are known to be tolerant(parsees, Christians, Jews were all welcomed in Hindu India with open arms--never were they forced to do anything against their will), will start to take extremist positions, because secularization of Nepal is an attack on our religion! That's how many of us see it. Seriously, it leaves a bad taste in my mouth as well, and even when I was in Nepal, I never went to the Pashupatinath temple. I do not come from a religious family. But the point is, you can only push us this far, because if you try pushing us any farther, we have no option but to resort to taking extremist positions.That is definitely the bottomline. The BJP rose to power out of nowhere! They were not a force to be reckoned with only a couple of decades ago. Guess what, the BJP were appealing to a group of disenchanted Hindus, who felt that their religion was being assailed. Even when India and Pakistan partitioned, many muslims opted to stay back. Why? Because Hindus are generally peaceful. We don't want to start any wars. Take a good look at the situation in Pakistan and ask yourself this question: why are there virtually no Hindus in Pakistan anymore? Where have they all gone? The tolerance of Hindus will lead to their demise it seems. Taking a conservative approach, the Hindu population is at least half a billion. There are countries out there that are officially Buddhist. There countries out there that are officially Christian. There are countries out there that are officially Muslim. Heck, there is a country out there in the heart of the Middle East--this tiny country that arguably is the most powerful country on earth-- that's strictly speaking Jewish. This begs the question: why is there no country out there that's officially Hindu? To all you Buddhists whining and bitching about how Hindus have imposed Hinduism on you-- if we have imposed Hinduism on you, why are you still practicing Buddhism? Hinduism does not convert people, as you know. So it is paramount for us that we protect our religion. We will be as extinct as the dodo otherwise. It is bound to happen because we do not convert people, while other religions do. Buddhism for example allows other people to become Buddhists. Hindus are born Hindus; if you're not born a hindu, you're a tree-hugging hippie at best. You all can see that this issue has made many of us take extremist positions. It is an attack on our religion, nothing more, nothing less . It angers me, and it angers many more non-practicing Hindus like me. You all want an egalitarian Nepal with no religious conflicts. Well, here's a shocker: we have virtually never had any religous conflicts in the past. We will now because of this change in the constitution. If a non-practicing Hindu like me, who doesn't give a rat's ass about Hinduism is so riled up about this change, just imagine how religious Hindus are feeling right now. I am not a supporter of the king by any means. Look, our politicians are just trying to contain the Maoists. By doing so, they have woken up a sleeping giant. Yeah, the sleeping giant is us Hindus as a collection. Many will probably take it to the streets to protest. Many will probably take arms and fight back. This is a bad situation. As I said, we Nepalis have never had any religous problems, but we will have some soon enough. There is no doubt in my mind, because politicians have unwittingly fanned the flames of hatred. All you Buddhists have choices if religious conflicts were to erupt in Nepal: there are tons of Buddhist nations that will welcome you with open arms. The question is, where do Hindus from India and Nepal go? We have nowhere to run, nowhere to hide. We're screwed.