The 7/7 bomb blasts in London have, once again, confirmed that terrorism has no frontiers and no country, howsoever big and powerful, is completely safe. We poor Nepalis are, indeed, shocked at the unnecessary loss of precious human lives in London and do believe that this tragedy has contributed in changing the British attitude towards global terrorism so as to view it in the correct perspective. Despite the repeated commitments by their President and Prime minister to fight global terrorism. The USA and the UK had criminally been giving a blind eye to the double standard being unabashedly followed by India regarding Maoist terrorism in Nepal . India playing the witch and the witch doctor with Nepal at the same time, and the world powers not taking her to book was not only blatant violation of their pious commitment and international morality but undefendable injustice against a poor and small land-locked country. Now that they also have become a victim to terrorism, we can feel reassured that the British government will adopt a more realistic attitude to the Nepali Maoist problem and persuade their American counterpart to give up following the Indian bandwagon as far Nepal is concerned and act true to their commitment so that the smaller and weaker nations of the third world won’t have any opportunity to raise any finger at them. If they have their own interests to look after, the smaller nations, too, have a right to live their own way of life. It is high time Nepal stood up to defend her inviolable right of independent existence and withstand the uncalled for pressures from bigger powers. Since the established political leaders have behaved like quislings and cannot be trusted to lead the country any more, it has become King Gyanendra’s sole responsibility to save the nation. King Gyanendra’s abiding faith in constitutional monarchy in a multiparty democracy should always restrain him from turning absolute. The situation in the country demands a very strong army and police force and he must not hesitate to strengthen them further without caring for any kind of hollow criticisms of the anti-nationals. The politics of South Asia has made it quite imperative for Nepal to enter into non-aggression pacts with some of her friendly neighbors. King Gyanendra should give due consideration on this suggestion. As far dialogues with the Maoists or the political leaders are concerned, he must not make hasty decisions. As long the Maoists don’t lay down their arms, stop taking sanctuary in foreign land and foreign supports, there can be no dialogue with them. As far the anti-national politicians are concerned, since their only objective is to grab power, even with the help of foreign agencies, they must be cut down to their size. Let them dance to the foreign tunes a little more till they feel totally exhausted. King Gyanendra must not prevaricate to fulfill his commitment of holding elections in the stipulated time, and prove to the world that he is a truly constitutional monarch. Since, it is neither possible nor advisable to turn the clock back, King Gyanendra must ever be vigilant not to do anything that might generate public resentment. As it is, the composition of the first cabinet after his takeover had not succeeded to instill hope and confidence in the general public. But the later addition and recent reshuffle have definitely thrown cold water over the enthusiasm of the supporters of monarchy. We are quite apprehensive the sycophants are having a heyday, which is sure to invite disaster and unless King Gyanendra wakes up to the imminent dangers he might have to face great problems. Since he has accepted the challenge to restore peace and normalcy in the country, he will need the unstinted cooperation of his people and the Nepali intelligentsia. And this can be possible only when the policies and mechanisms he uses to achieve his objectives are not only for common good but also above board.