Fractured peace

The so-called representatives of the working class are the new elites of Nepal.

November 21, 2006, ended one of the most tumultuous periods for modern Nepal as the CPN (Maoist) and the Government of Nepal agreed on a truce. It marked the formal end of the insurgency in Nepal. It provided a window of opportunity for the warring factions to find some middle ground to attain lasting peace and uplift the nation from the pangs of poverty toward economic prosperity through an egalitarian model. How far have we come though? Have the objectives of the peace accord been accomplished? We can copiously agree to achieve peace only if the definition of peace is limited to a period free from a constant state of war.