Trouble in the Himalayas

Michael Palin went to Nepal to see a Gurkha induction, during which the senior Gurkha officer was 'invited' into the forest for a conversation with the local Maoist revolutionaries.
Haven't these guys gotten the word?
Not only is Mao long dead, but China is (shh, not too loud, they might hear you) turning into a capitalist country, and doing quite well at it...