Re: ('Democracy in Installments #256) When the king took over on February First, I dared to hope. While expats were skeptical, I stood by the monarch saying all he said was true and correct, that he had the guts to make the bold step which had been urgently needed. I wrote an email to my friends saying that the king had taken this risk to save the kingdom. In five and a half months, all we see are his ministers shouting themselves hoarse trying to explain what it's all about. The Nepali people are yet to see anything worthwhile. Despite all this, the sympathy of foreigners is not going to help. The Nepalis have been cheated again. We will have to start from scratch.

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