Hello h1b jee, glad you make note of my investment dollars but sadly enough the US stock market is closed today. so im able to chime in my our political issue, if i may... i appreicate your need for logic but as someone already stated above, nepal currently does not function by any logic but rather its a monkey business going on over there. don't mean to pick on you but there isn't much logic in your question itself. and that is why i said i worried about nepali people like you, who are simple living folks just want to go about their business and therefore just want to see peace prevail (regardless of the price that is being paid or the compromises being made about future without their immediate far sided knowledge, obviously not their fault either). it is not the matter of keeping king but it is about keeping the institution of monarchy to play an integral part of balanced power in an ethnically and geographhically diverse nation like ours. i beleive this is somewhere along the line of thought process behind B.P. Koirala's (one of very few visionary leader) 2007 B.S. "Rastriya Mel Milap Niti (??something like that)". it is my opinion that if we get rid of the institution of monarchy, it will pave the way for military rule or some sort of dictator ruling in an unstable political environment for a long time. fine examples of these can be found in russia, iran, and many other african nations. also, you can find similar examples in nations like pakistan and bangladesh where due to lack of balance in power and weakness in political parties, it oftens paves the way for military intervention.