Friday, November 20, 2015

… who will bell the cat?


nepalitimes.com

Both the government and the protesters realise this stalemate is not helping anybody, but …
Anurag Acharya


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Excerpt:
[F]lirting with Chinese oil diplomacy is not in Nepal’s long term interest ... . Our public diplomacy has been even more disastrous. Instead of asking the Indians to #Backoff or cribbing against #IndiablockadesNepal, had the media and civil society collectively pressured government to reach out to the dissenting groups while opening diplomatic channels with New Delhi things would not have deteriorated. ...

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