Posted by: Bandhu December 5, 2005
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There is no doubt in my mind that the Indian transit ban directly or indirectly influenced the 1990 revolution and the start of democracy in Nepal. Most of the senior political leaders at that time had some indian link. Even some indian politicians were involved. But does that mean the large public uprising was all doctored by india and the nepaese people had nothing to do with it. This is an insult to all the fellow nepalese who died at that time resisting the dictatorial attitude of the panchayati regime.
There has been a lot of arguments that the monarch can provide us with stability and peace and he can stand up against the indian influence. Well, if the peace comes at the cost of silencing all the voices, I wonder how good of a peace that is. And about standing up against indian influence; I wonder whom he is standing up for, the nepalese people or his own power. I have no problem with people supporting the monarch. But at the same time people should not have any problem when someone else speaks his mind and opposes the king. Sadly this is not happening in Nepal or even in this message board. As long as people keep on thinking themselves as the only right voice and keep suppressing other's voices in the pretext of being pro-indian or pro-political parties, I don't see how we will have our country rolling.
Finally I admire how shamelessly someone can argue that we need dictatorship to preserve free speech, civil liberty and democracy.