Monarchy is as obsolete as communism in today’s world and it is no exception in Nepal. Maoist couldn’t take over Nepal and had to compromise to absolute democracy and now it is king who has to accept the reality. People are being unsympathetic towards monarchy and rightly so, if monarchy seems to be the only hurdle between peace and tumultuous. I strongly feel that no more human loss should incur to set aside one individual’s so called dignity, status and ego. And how long are royalist going to sing the slogan that monarchy is the unifying factor, because no one believe in it any longer. I would say peace is the only thing that can unite us. No dirty political principles should come in the way of peace. If constitutional assembly is the demand of the hour than king should go for it. It is hard to fathom as to why king is so worried to face the people, especially when the army of the nation represents him and not the people. I sometimes speculate if this is the last battle the king is fighting for his post against the people. I don’t think monarchy has a long life in Nepal. Nepal has to move on, it is time to move past monarchy.