NEPAL
| Caption: Mourning the first 16 killed in the Tarai uprising. Image: Nepal news |
Nepal's mainstream politicians understand both how to fight an autocratic king and how to negotiate with insurgents. But they sure do not know how to deal with agitations for rights by historically disfranchised communities. Partly, this is due to an unwillingness to share political space; partly, it is an inability to show sensitivity to something as dearly held as a community's identity.