Hmmm... I would think long and hard before believing that Tribhuvan gave us democracy. I was not there but knowing how the royal propaganda machine works, I would be hardpressed to believe it as truth and 100% truth. There are several schools of thought on 2007 saal ko kranti. Some may believe King T staked his throne to rid the stranglehold of Ranas from Nepal. Then there are some who believe that King T fled, yes fled, and took refuge in Indian Embassy(shameful, but he had to do what he had to do) and then later in Delhi because he was too scared for his own life. In that line of thought, he was nothing but a coward who thought only for himself and later took the credit of being the carrier of democratic beacon. I don't know. As I said, I was not there. And there is very little analysis from those days. Country, being much ignorant and illiterate back then, took it as it was fed to them. Now, if one is to claim that King T brought in the democracy, along that same logic, one can also assert that his son, King M, took it away. And then, King B gave it back, but then, King G took it away. So, even with this logic, my question is: How long are we going to play this cat and mouse game? Are the essence of our lives - freedom, democracy - a commodity that can be given, taken and bartered upon according to the mood of one person and his cohorts? That is why, let us make our fate, let us be responsible for our future. As that famous line goes: For Us By Us One more time: REPUBLIC