I just came back from nepal... it seems the country is doing fine.. i dont know why these newspapers are exaggerating the intensity of the problem... the only problem i found was the maoist who have been going around killing... media censorship and all that FM being band of broadcasting news... well almost every page in the papers were filled with criticisms against the monarchy... about the FM stations.. well they had a contract stating that they were forbidden to broadcast news when it was introduced in nepal.. in other words they were only there for entertaining the people now every musicians charge money to play their songs.. so better alternative and a ear drawer news.. which is illeagal for them to do.. they are stopped and now its a big issue... about the king not having plans.. well when he took over there was a list of 21 objectives to be accomplished in 3 years... if not so he would leave... but what do the politicians do.. create obstructions in each and every step of the way... if they had guts why not let him do what he has said he would do... since curruption and all was in the list.. they knew they would be exposed so they just had to do something to not to allow the king to reach his goals.. thats how i see it.. importance of monarchy for nepal... well nepal is a small country between two big nations.. if maoists take over.. china is going to squish nepal and make it a part of it... if politicians take over... they are going to hand it over on a silver platter to india.. monarchy and the army are the two sectors in nepal that hasn't been politicized... i believe they play a vital role in the existance of nepal.. we should think of securing the country they only in constructing it... so i think monarchy is important...