You have raised several questions in the contect of Nepal turmoil. Let me address one by one: Should it throw its entire support behind the political parties, even if...........? This is naive. India should be talking to parties as well as the king. we can not support the nparties which are fast losing distinction between themselves and Maoists. Can it make a distinction between the Maoists and other political parties? Will it......... Maoists are armed. how any govt can talk to armed "political party"? The distinction has to be made. king should talk to those Maoists who shun violence. How should it react to the feelers from the Maoists? These feelers should be ignored or at best be used to keep them engaged. maoists are using friendly approach to india as they know offending india can cost them dearly. whatever be the outcome in Nepal, it is not going to effect the maoists movement in india. Can there be a clash of interests between India and the US if India responds to the Maoist feelers? What options.......... There is no clash of interests if we support the King. If we oppose hi, we are not going to paid back with gratitude, a la Bangladesh. india, learn from history.
