Excerpts from a piece by Khagendra Giri "Kopila"

It took a lot of time for Nepali parliamentary parties and intellectuals to understand that India has a hand in Nepal's Maoist "people's war". At the same time, the interest the rest of the world has in the insurgency is not as acute as that it has other regional terrorism problems. This is why the world has been unable to unravel India's suspect role in Nepal's problem. It is necessary for India's present position to change, if an end is to be brought about in the Maoist terrorism that was nurtured by India. In order for that to happen, the Nepali establishment first needs to win the support of the world community-including India. There is also the possibility that India may try to bargain with India, diplomatically, on other issues, in exchange for agreeing to help in the fight against the Maoists. To bring about in India a "mood" that is helpful to Nepal, Nepal has no option but to seek the support of the global community. Nepal's foreign policy seems inadequate for that, in terms of diplomatic finesse it is capable of. Nepal's parliamentary parties may be adept at analysing [situations] and writing their party documents, but can we say the same about their foreign policy skills? In such a situation, how do you get the support of both the global community and India to bring an end to Maoist violence?

Congress president Girija Prasad Koirala understands a little more about India's role in the Maoist problem than the others. He has also visited India twice. The Indian media gave his visit[s] more attention than it did to Prime Minister Deuba's visit. But even his visits failed to shed any light (on India's role). India declared the Maoists "terrorists" even before Nepal did, but we have no information on what it has done against them since... Let's see if the visit by His Majesty King Gyanendra that begins this week will bring some good news.

Excerpts from a piece by Khagendra Giri "Kopila"

It took a lot of time for Nepali parliamentary parties and intellectuals to understand that India has a hand in Nepal's Maoist "people's war". At the same time, the interest the rest of the world has in the insurgency is not as acute as that it has other regional terrorism problems. This is why the world has been unable to unravel India's suspect role in Nepal's problem. It is necessary for India's present position to change, if an end is to be brought about in the Maoist terrorism that was nurtured by India. In order for that to happen, the Nepali establishment first needs to win the support of the world community-including India. There is also the possibility that India may try to bargain with India, diplomatically, on other issues, in exchange for agreeing to help in the fight against the Maoists. To bring about in India a "mood" that is helpful to Nepal, Nepal has no option but to seek the support of the global community. Nepal's foreign policy seems inadequate for that, in terms of diplomatic finesse it is capable of. Nepal's parliamentary parties may be adept at analysing [situations] and writing their party documents, but can we say the same about their foreign policy skills? In such a situation, how do you get the support of both the global community and India to bring an end to Maoist violence?

Congress president Girija Prasad Koirala understands a little more about India's role in the Maoist problem than the others. He has also visited India twice. The Indian media gave his visit[s] more attention than it did to Prime Minister Deuba's visit. But even his visits failed to shed any light (on India's role). India declared the Maoists "terrorists" even before Nepal did, but we have no information on what it has done against them since... Let's see if the visit by His Majesty King Gyanendra that begins this week will bring some good news.