This is an open letter send by a journalist in Nepal who is currently in hiding. It is the first piece of communication from the totally cut-off Nepal. His identity has been kept secret since it's a highly sensitive issue.

Dear friends and well-wishers,

I am using email after three days, currently under cover in Nepal. As all the telephone lines, Internet and other communication facilities have been cut off, we are experiencing the Stone Age in the 21st century.

This has been a complete hell for journalists. We are not allowed to talk to anyone. Political leaders are either under house arrest or have been detained. There are Armymen patrolling the streets. Even if there is an emergency situation in a house, there is no way of communicating with others.

In the eyes of a foreign journalist, everything would seem calm and normal on the streets. But the weight of the undercurrent is unfathomable.

Ours is one of the biggest media houses in Nepal. Since the king addressed the nation on Tuesday morning, dictatorial rule has been imposed on media as well.

The Army officers scan all the contents before it goes to the printing or on air.

I won't be able to check emails for the next several days or may be months. So don't reply.

Our life is in threat and an eerie silence lingers in every corner of Nepal. Speaking anything against the monarch or the rulers is directly inviting death, or arrest, nothing less.

I hope my friends outside Nepal help us in this hour of difficulty. Please circulate this email among your friends' circle, and please try to exert pressure on your government to bail my country out of the trouble and hardships we are going through.

Thank you.

Thats what our problem is........f*cking Nepalese no matter where they go they cannot show any sign of unity. At this time what we can do is come together and support one form of government. We all have seen past ten years......US$ 1 was NPR 21 now you know what it is. Can you see that fools. It was well established government scholorship programs abroad.....many of you are enjoying that right now. There was free education system for poor, the cities were clean and groomed. It was more vibrant then. Also we all used to come together and support our country's pride and superstars wrecking havoc all around the world in their respective fields. Until F*ckin Chadre from came to Dasrat rangasala and provoked Nepalese of a dream that nobody could comprehend and no not even one prospective leader to lead us to that promise land. Now we are still chasing and killing each other for it and in the meantime the condition of Nepal just went from Bad to Worst.

If you still don't believe it you'll never get it.......you are also one of those who beleive in Darker side of Democracy. In Nepal's condition democracy don't work, In western society and in western language its called democracy and Nepal's societ and language its called Panchayat....get it mofos. Panchayat wasn't bad it was just people who were running it was bad.....the system was good .... unless you think Bushism is good. Peace in Nepal and around the WOrld.

Hail to the King........lets give him a chance and see what happens but hey listen in the mean time we need to keep our eye on our enemy trying to destroy our country. ANd to all y'all motherF@ckers if you can't call or email home.......try writing letter fools....you know you've learned it in Mahendra mala.....didn't you? YOu can have it now.

Your cries are acknowledged...you losers.
The king is already powerful...Corrupt leaders should be stripped of all the black money they gathered.I am sure he has balls to do that.It will happen soon.
He is betting his life/monarchy.He will do anything possible to control the situation, which is good for general people which makes almost 80% of the total population.

Internet and phones? My a$$......80 % people don't even have electricity, forget about phone and net....They don't give a Fuk about phones and nets.

sakinna baba sakinna gyanendra ka abaidh santan haru sanga democratic and civilised discussion garna. Oi tero maharaj lai sajha banda garna refer gar aba.

SOMEBODY NOTED MY AGE...NOT MY REAL AGE OFCOURSE..BUT GLAD I SOUND YOUNG..ITS A COMPLIMENT FOR ME...:=) BUT AGE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH PEOPLES PERCEPTIONS. ANYWAYS, LET ME REITERATE THAT DEMOCRACY IN ITSELF IS NOT A BAD SYSTEM, ONCE AGAIN!!! HOWEVER, AS SOMEBODY NOTED A WORKING DEMOCRACY IN NEPAL IS TRANSLATED INTO PANCHAYAT. NOT EVERY SYSTEM WORKS FOR EVERY COUNTRY. NEPAL IS UNIQUE NOT ONLY IN ITS CULTURE AND HERITAGE BUT IN SITUATION TOO , ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW. SO I FEEL KING G HAS DONE THE RIGHT THING AT THE RIGHT TIME.

I DOUBT HE WILL TAKE NEPAL BACK TO THE OLD CRUEL PANCHAYAT BECAUSE HE KNOWS, THE WORLD IS WATCHING OVER US, SO LETS NOT JUMP TO ANY CONCLUSIONS SO SOON. I KNOW HE INCREASED HIS OWN SALAREY AND HIRED RAMESH NATH PANDEY TWICE...AGAIN, THATS NOT THE MOST DIGNIFIED THING TO DO. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, HE IS THE KING AND HE DOES HAVE THE RIGHT TO HANDLE THE RESOURCES TO HIS WISH. AND UNFORTUNATELY EVERY AIRE GAREY...10 CLASS PASS LOOSER LEADER HAS DONE THE SAME...

I AM YOUNG AND INEXPEREINCED . BUT I SUPPORT MY KING AND MY PEOPLE 100% YEAH I KNOW IT AINT ABOUT SUPPORTING MY PEOPLE. I KNOW KING G IS LIKE AN AUTOCRAT..YEAH YEAH I KNOW WHAT YA ALL THINK...I WILL LET U..I HAVE NO HOPE IN NEPALIS PEOPLE..KING IS A DIFF SOTRY..CUZ HE IS ROYAL AND THEY HAVE HUNDRED YEARS OF EXPERIENCE...NOW YOU PEOPLE WILL LIKE EXPERIENCE RIGHT..SO LEAVE HIM ALONE..HE HAS GOT HE BACKGROUND..KNOWLEGDE..EXPEREINCE TO DO THE RIGHT THING...

JUST WAIT AND SEE...HE WON'T LET NEPAL DOWN UNLIKE OTHER PEOPLE AFTER ALL HE IS THE KING AND NEPAL IS HIS COUNTRY. IF THERE IS NO NEPAL THERE IS NO KING..NOR NEPALIS..MAKES SENSE...

JAI NEPAL

i woulld like to make thing clear regarding the comment on mandale.

the sajha voting shows that 65% favor the king.
it does not mean these 65%are panche.

if this voting were done at any time in 1990, i would agree that these guys were panche.
since this voting is being done in 2005, it shows the people are tired of all bullshits politicians like girja and madhav. all they taught us in 15 years was how to fight within ourselves. these politicans are more dangerous than even maoists.

they are like spywares in computer.
our country has been infected with these spywares. so we need a software that removes all these spywares like girija, sushil, madhav and so on.i heard in the news that some spywares have escaped the country and have sheltered in india.and they curse the king from india. some spywares have stat
until we kill these spywares, our country can not progress.

To remove spyware you don?t have import virus in your computer. Spyware will annoy you while using computer but virus will make you worried. If your computer gets virus then you will see different type of problems. Sometimes it is very critical and sometimes it won?t even let you browse and check your emails, which turns into communication problem, which you can see Nepal has right now. It is very worst virus, which is not removable, so you may have to format your computer.