You might find my assumptions satirical or call this a conspiracy rant, but just try to understand the pattern I am seeing. I’m not here to blindly support monarchy, Maoists, politicians, or foreign powers. I’m just looking at Nepal’s history and connecting dots that don’t sit right with me. First — the Durbar Hatyakaand. How does an entire royal bloodline get erased inside the most protected place in the country? The royal family had protection under the Nepali Army and Royal Armed Forces, yet almost everyone was wiped out in a single night. And then the entire nation was quickly handed one explanation: Dipendra did it out of revenge and emotional breakdown. But over the years, doubts kept growing. So many inconsistencies, unanswered questions and chances about foreign involvement. Today, whether true or not, the people have started getting idea of what was not true for sure, and the army self involvement in the royal massacre was highly possible maybe out of power or money exchange. Because if foreign powers really had involvement, then someone inside Nepal had to cooperate too. Second — the Maoist civil war. A war that lasted over a decade. Tens of thousands dead. Villages terrorized. Ordinary people trapped between both sides. And yet I still struggle to believe that the state and army were completely incapable of crushing the insurgency earlier if they truly wanted to. Yes, Maoists had local support in many places, Nepal’s geography is difficult. But over a span of decade, with all the military power and state backing available, how did the conflict keep expanding so deeply? Sometimes it feels like too many people benefited from the war continuing: politicians gained power, foreign actors gained influence, and institutions gained long-term control and budgets. The army was surely cooperating with everyone except citizens. So till this point: the army couldn’t protect the king neither the civilians, letting the country bleed for years. Now the most recent unrest. The country was burning in front of everyone. Violence spreading openly. Yet responses always seem delayed until after destruction already happens.They happened to watch the country burning in front of them from tudikhel, the Singha Durbar. Somehow systems fail exactly when the country needs them most. Only after everything calms down do army fully appear, restoring order and presenting themselves as peacemakers. And years later, we usually discover there were political calculations, hidden negotiations, intelligence failures, or truths the public never knew at the time. Maybe this time too, years from now, people will uncover things we currently cannot see. What I believe for sure is this: the Nepali Army repeatedly appears during Nepal’s darkest turning points not as a true protector of the people, but as an institution that somehow survives every crisis stronger while the country itself becomes weaker. Each time a new mask is presented to the public. Each time people are distracted from asking deeper questions. Each time the truth becomes foggy. I don’t know how the current government will unfold. There are both optimistic and pessimistic possibilities, and only time will tell. But looking back historically, I genuinely feel Nepal has been repeatedly dragged backward not just by politicians, but by institutions that were supposed to protect the nation in the first place. And honestly, even the APF often feels more grounded in actual public security and border responsibility than the army itself. Maybe I’m wrong. But this is the pattern I can’t stop seeing.