A-political comment

Adult franchise is said to be a right, but I choose to be wrong by forfeiting it. I have voted once, and that was the end to my foray into anything remotely political. I would be naive to think that I am not affected by politics, but that in no way makes me politically inclined or interested: I stand a-political.

I normally refrain from any political comments, but the recent turn of events in the Nepali political scene seems to tempt even the a-political me to have my political say. The current regime claims to be working towards a constructive democracy, and they are proudly reporting their intentions and game plan to some very 'democratic' nations, at least going by their track record - Russia, China and Pakistan.

The three nations in turn express their solidarity for the monarch and his regime by stating that whatever is happening in the country is an internal matter, beyond the purview of any foreign government. I can understand Pakistan and China's stance, the two countries themselves being under autocratic rule, but Russia...

If I am to believe even the least bit of fact cloaked under the fiction of Steve Berry’s The Romanov Prophecy, many Russians sorely miss the Romanovs. Their honeymoon with both communism and democracy having gone awry, they are said to see redemption in a monarch.

Now to put Nepal and Russia into perspective - a lot of people appear to be sick and tired of the current Nepali monarch, whom they consider illegitimate. The Russians meanwhile feel the need for a monarch. Given this scenario, let the Russians have the Nepali monarch.

I for one would be quite happy with the arrangement...