First the factual mistakes... i counted a score but will give only two as examples. One, Prachanda is not a JNU graduate. It is another Nepali Maoist leader, Baburam Bhattarai who did his PhD from JNU. Two, It was not K.N. Panikkar, but K.M. Panikkar who may have influenced Nehru's China policy. K.N. Panikkar is vice chancellor of Sri Sankara Sanskrit University in Kalady. If this man goofs up on his own State's facts, how can one believe the integrity of his other 'facts'...
Moreover, Ashok Singhal and the RSS-VHP wallas recently declared Gyanendra to be Hindu Emperor of the world's only Hindu Rashtra. No wonder Srinivasan wants India to suport this tyrant who the people of Nepal dont want. Not one word about Nepal's democratic parties or human right abuses by the king.
The Maoists have been in India for over 30 years and still cant control a single tehsil, forget controlling a district. why have they gained control of Nepal within 3 years? can india afford yet another non-democratic polity (already there are Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma) on its border. without democracy there is no stability in any of these countries which is not good for India. Rediff should dump Srini
