Ganesh Man Singh
Ganesh Man Singh, Nepal’s democracy leader, died on September 18th, aged 82
ONE of Ganesh Man Singh's special difficulties as a politician in Nepal was that his chief opponent, King Birenda, was widely regarded as a god. In 1988 the two men met for the first time. Here was Mr Singh the commoner, a veteran of Nepal's jails, who had once been flogged for refusing to call a judge “your highness”; and here was the king, said to be an incarnation of Vishnu, a Hindu god whose duties include preserving the social order.
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