Look back at around 200 years in the history of the western world. King was guillotined or burnt. The monarchy was gone and there were parties. People never believed in anything because all seemed bad. We have to realize that it is a time taking process. Absolute Monarchy has quite a lot of negative effects. But let us say that even though Gyanendra was a bad King some of you found his rule good for the people. But what next? What about the situation after Gyanendra dies? Are you going to trust Paras or are you in favor of making king his son who will probably be at most 15 or 20 when Gyanendra dies? This will create even more chaos. Even if Gyanendra were to take over, it wouldn't solve anything. There will be a big civil war. There will be a lot of political parties dying, a lot of maoists dying and a lot of "monarchists" dying. After all, they are all fellow Nepali people. If Maoists were to take over, Nepal would be in complete chaos with their wierd laws and 18th century justice style. If Parties were to take over completely, they would just make Nepal even poorer. So it is important to realize that though it might take a lot of time, the way to go forward is to combine these powers. I mean if the majority of Nepal wants a Republic then you could throw away the King. But there should be a combination. Maoists are dumb fools. But why are the so strong? They are so strong because poor people stopped believing in the pseudo-democracy of the parties. So Maoists were able to brainwash these poor innocent people. Therefore, what is happening in Nepal is happening for the best. I know it is sad to know that a businessman is getting beaten up, maoists carry gun with them and stuff. But Maoists know that if they don't have a gun, people will beat them to death. So, changes occur fast but for the change to settle down it takes some time. Nepal is in a phase of change and it will take some time for stability. Japan didn't rise as a superpower next day after Little Boy and Fat man were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.(I am not trying to say that Nepal will be like Japan). It will take some time. Give it time. Stop saying that we should kill the King or we should have absolute Monarchy. Be patient.... And stop calling each other stupid because they don't agree with your views. The fact that you guys are educated and yet resort to humiliating yourself by not seeing a point in each other's views is sad. I am not trying to preach here but why can't we all be polite and read each other's view and state our opinion if we have a different opinion.