Fear of abandonmentRight off the bat, New Delhi analysts must try and understand why Nepal does not have an ‘independence day’. Also read: Why are India and Nepal fighting over Kalapani? Nepal, Bhutan and India’s own Himalayan tracts are regarded merely as strategic buffers under this ossified policy. As the larger country, India may think it will hurt less, but only if it disregards its poorest citizens from Purvanchal to Bihar and Odisha, who rely on substantial remittance from Nepal. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh leadership might have been approached, but that was the very category Prime Minister Oli riled with his Ayodhya-in-Nepal claim.

Source: The Hindu August 18, 2020 18:32 UTC