I am apolitical, and don't really care about Rabi's or anyone's politics there of. But the ruling has major repurcussions. I think the Supreme Court only ruled on technicality (that RL conclude the process of acquiring citizenship first) rather than declaring RL outright citizenship-less unlike some comments here that seem to emphasize. I urge others who have read the fine print to shed more light on this.

But something is not right. Here's my take on it.

Nepal has time and again proven itself to be a land with poverty of thought, ideas, and actions, among many other things that it lacks. One can apply for and acquire Italian citizenship if you can prove Italian ancestry (on one side) at any time, no questions asked. Same in India, and many other countries. This was designed with a certain long-term vision and foresight that Nepali politicians will never even begin to understand the 'why' behind it. When Idi Amin drove out Indians, India sent planes to evacuate all Indians regardless of the fact that a third of those evicted folks of Indian origin had never stepped in India and had no Indian citizenship. It never said you're not my citizen. But what do we do? Make one of our sons a 'stateless' son of a gun (of I exaggerated here). Something needs to change. Change of attitude is where we can start!