Secularism in Nepal

Earlier, Nepal was fragmented into some 2,200 and 2,400 states .The Shah dynasty unified Nepal which continues to this day; so different social, religious and cultural aspects were mingled into one unbroken whole. For this very reason calling Nepal a Hindu country is not easy to justify. Nepal is proud to be called a Land of Buddha, proud to be known as the land of Everest. But have those Hindu fundamentalists ever realised that what they are proud of doesn't belong to Hinduism? Though there is harmonic coexistence between Hinduism and Buddhism, there is a significant number of Muslims and Christians. They have equal rights in their country.

Democracy doesn't mean 51% of the population ruling the 49%. Proclaiming Nepal as a secular state is a milestone to establishing an ideal pluralistic society.