Nepe ji Nepe talks 'sense'. I admire and salute you for your very logical, balanced and descent views. Any journalistic writing in question (which is time bound and instigated by situation then), or for that matter any piece of writing (except some poetry which can be timeless), should be read in the context in which it was written. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4502455.stm Rabindra Mishra wrote that article on 30th April 2005. At the time that article was written, definitely many (not all) including me, were ready to give the king the benefit of the doubt, things have changed now, but still he has not lost total control, but will change soon. There are other articles I found Rabindra Mishra wrote and see the difference: For king and country The advocates of active monarchy need to closely examine why the past year has been a failure. http://www.nepalitimes.com/issue165/opinion.htm May 2002 What next? By CK Lal http://www.nepalitimes.com/issue92/stateofthestate.htm But there are some Nepalis abroad who think otherwise. Writing in Nepal, Rabindra Mishra of the BBC Nepali Service outlines four options for Nepali society: (1) Apply pressure on our leadership to mend its ways; (2) Submit to the direct rule of the king; (3) Continue with the current apathy and lack of commitment; or (4) Abjectly surrender to the demonic forces of Prachanda. Check out option number 2 When asked: What do you attribute the people?s trust in the BBC?s content to? The BBC has always been a trusted source of impartial and factual reporting in Nepal. We believe it is important for consumers to have choices and a plurality of views on offer but at this time we are the only Nepali language station offering independent news and analysis on Nepal and as such we are striving to report the news as quickly, accurately and impartially as possible. http://www.nepalitimes.com/issue238/radio.htm