We all know why Mahatma Gandhi (champion of "Secular India"), whose f non-violent movement against the British Raj had been inspired by the teachings of Lord Buddha, was assassinated by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu fanatic? Nathuram Godses are starting to rear their ugly heads in the border towns of Nepal. The disechanted royalists in cahoots with India-based fundamentalist Hindu orgs and parties (such as VHP, BJP, Shiva Senea, Rastriya Swayam Shevak, etc.) are "engineering" protests in border towns to pressure the government to make Nepal a 'Hindu state". The royalists who were initially involved (but have since "disappeared" from these protests after being exposed by the local papers) have a hidden agenda: to 'rescue' their fallen false god king on the strength of the rising wave of Hindu fundamentalism. It would be interesting to see if the Pahariya Hindus will follow suit. But certainly the royalists and Hindu fundamentalists will try to ‘influence’ the Pahariya Hindus. We must not underestimate the might of the Pahariya Hindus, and their role in overthrowing the false god king of Nepal. My feeling is that in Nepal we have two diametrically opposed strains running through its Hindu groups & Hindus, broadly speaking: 1) the fundamentalist groups (eg. Bharat Keshari Simha's org) which are remote controlled by India-based fundamentalist Hindu orgs and parties in cahoots with the royalists. They have deep roots in border towns, and also in the capital. They are a minority. They are hurt by the fall of their god king. India-based groups are losing control over Nepal. 2) the moderate groups that are by and large made up of Pahariya Hindus. They make up the majority of Hindus of Nepal. They are by and large peaceful and tolerant. They don't lament the fall of the false god king. I would tend to put the deceased Mr. Narayan Pokhrel in category owing to his moderate and reform-minded approach. Although Mr. Narayan’s death has been blamed on the Maoist rebels (which is very typical of King Gyanendra’s past sarkar) , there are reasons to believe that Mr. Pokhrel may have been taken out by Hindu fundamentalist orgs. As long as the Pahariya Hindus do not give in to the influence/pressure of the Hindu fundamentalist groups in border towns, the latter's protests will taper off in no time. Only the moderate and reform-minded Pahariya Hindus can save Hinduism from the corrupting hands of the India-based fundamentalist Hindu orgs & parties and their stooges in Nepal.