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Tryst with Democracy
The spring of 1990 was witness to a mamoth democratic upsurge in Nepal. A historical divide was reached, which will separate all events that went before from those that come after. In making this division, history will judge all without mercy – actors and episodes, politicians and the wisdom of their choices and separate them into heroes and villains.
Those now entrusted with writing the new chapter will be judged most severely, for the principles they espouse and their acts of commission or omission will encode the genetic pattern of the country's future development. Whether Nepalis live better in the decades ahead will depend upon those who will fashion the new polity.