More than a 'royal failure', the emergency in Nepal had been a 'royal farce’. The militant Maoists rebels seemed least bothered about the entire state of affairs, as democracy was made to play the waiting game. The common citizens of Nepal had to bear the brunt of the King's whims, with the Press, commonly regarded as the 'fourth estate' in a democracy, still disallowed from functioning freely. Such meaningless repressive actions from the royal court can only lead to the outbreak of a few more instances of ruthless militant violence. India, with all her diplomacy, can certainly help Nepal out of its present precarious situation, in a way more humane than what the US undertook for Afghanistan and Iraq.
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