The Maoist-controlled assembly in Nepal intends to dethrone King Gyanendra if he will not step down “gracefully.” Grace is not a trait one generally associates with Maoist party members let alone the Nepalese royal family. Do recall King Gyanendra ascended to the throne after the Crown Prince of Nepal killed his entire family, and then committed suicide. Unlike your garden variety monarch, King Gyanendra is considered a living God-an incarnation of Vishnu, to be precise. Like all living Gods, he was educated at Eton where boyhood friends described him as “moody.” Well, heaven no doubt awaits this moody, living God. If he can get out of his country alive, it will just take the slightly less literal form of winters in Gstaad and summers in the French Riviera. Poor God.
