Absolute Monarchy to Absolute Democracy
October 2, 2005 | King Gyanendra has taken the people of Nepal on a disastrous course, using the excuse of fighting an insurgency to compromise democracy.
Articles by Kanak Mani Dixit
Democracy Under Assault in Nepal
September 30, 2005 | Nepal’s 14-year-old experiment in constitutional monarchy suffered a major assault on February 1, 2005 when King Gyanendra sacked the prime minister, formed a new cabinet composed largely of royalists, and established direct monarchical rule.