Royalist rumble

Gyanendra Shah may want to become the king again but his support base isn’t solid.

As children we revered our king and thought he could accomplish any difficult task. In winter, when much of the farmland would be fallowed between crops, hopping terraces while keeping an eye on the grazing cattle was our pastime. We’d jump even over those twice or thrice our height, yet wouldn’t dare come down higher slopes for the fear of breaking our legs on the hard hillside surface.