I went to the streets today because thousands and thousands of maoists from all around the country came to Kathmandu to go on strike, this is some of what I saw

Maoists picketed Singha Durbar, the main administrative area of Nepal, which had never been picketed before. People making music in the streets, everybody was dancing, clapping hands, or screaming and making noise, more than a protest, it looked like a carnival! One important fact is that they respected the peaceful protest they meant.

Of course, all the streets were surrounded by police,

some with guns, some with bamboo sticks











the crowd was enormous, my eyes could not even reach the end, at that time Prachandra, their leader, was giving a speech

people everywhere on top of buses, even on top of publicity pannels...

this was the last day of the second round of protests, “We want the government to address our demands in a week or else face a more aggressive agitation,” said former Prime Minister and chairman of UCPN-Maoist Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’. We will see what the next move from the government is. We all know that if both sides stay rigid with their ideals, nothing will move onwards. The ruling coalition and the maoists must somehow agree on a few basic things including these two hot issues: constitution making and the peace process. Let's hope this happens before the population gets hurt one again, what could remember the hard years of civil war they had to go through some time ago.