SURKHET, May 29 -- When the protests against the monarchy escalated, Prachanda Pokharel of Surkhet was studying at Tribhuvan University in Kathmandu. Impressed by the promises of the politicians, he had joined the protests from the very beginning, risking his life for a political change in the country.
One day, one of his hands was broken and he also received head injuries when he was mercilessly beaten by the police for joining the protests. After a month-long intensive treatment in the capital, he got a new lease of life. But he feels nothing has changed over the years after the country was declared a federal democratic republic eleven years ago. He says that the politicians are yet to deliver on the tall promises they had made, though n...