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Nepal ties and the Benaras to Bengaluru spectrum

Nepal ties and the Benaras to Bengaluru spectrum By, Manjeev S. Puri is a former Ambassador of India to Nepal. The views expressed are personal Context à Benaras was a keystone of India-Nepal ties for centuries. B.P. Koirala, the doyen of democratic politics in Nepal, was a resident of the city; so too was Pushpalal Shrestha, one of the founders of the Communist Party of Nepal. à Many in bureaucracy and politics had studied at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, and Ne

A way out of undelineated borders (India and Nepal border disputes)

A way out of undelineated borders By, Mukul Sanwal is a former UN diplomat and has served as Deputy Commissioner Almora Context # The Galwan face-off should focus minds on resolving, not managing, different perceptions of the northern border, relying first on ‘samadhaan’, as Kautilya suggested. # The root of the misunderstanding between India and Nepal lies in a treaty to end a territorial war to which no map was attached and the negotiators had no idea of the geography o

Time for India and Nepal to make up

Time for India and Nepal to make up By, Kanak Mani Dixit, a writer and journalist based in Kathmandu, is founding Editor of the magazine, ‘Himal Southasian’ Context India-Nepal relations got strained when Nepal has released its map including Limpiyadhura, Kalapani, Susta and Lipulekh. Fear of abandonment Right off the bat, New Delhi analysts must try and understand why Nepal does not have an ‘independence day’. From the Kathmandu perspective, Ind