Nepal, March 31 -- During the federal parliament's rather raucous session on Sunday, some opposition lawmakers brought up the issue of the pro-monarchy protests and the government's reaction to them. One interesting point they raised was that Prime Minister KP Sharma Oil was being increasingly 'uncivil' in dealing with his critics. They have a point. Whenever PM Oli addresses any criticism levelled against him or his government, rather than directly address the concern, he tends to question the credentials of the critics to question him or, worse, to mock them. The prime minister does not seem to realise that the way he dismisses criticism out of hand, or tries to sidestep vital questions by digging into his rich arsenal of aphorisms, is ...