Maoist power in new Nepalese republic threatens Ghurka tradition
Like thousands of other young Nepalis hoping to succeed in this summer’s annual intake, Sundar Adhikara, 20, has already trained hard enough to complete the doko test within the requisite 48 minutes: his best, so far, is 35. Yet now another obstacle is looming to his dream of joining the historic regiment – Nepal’s newly elected government wants to scrap it altogether.