Nepal-India Relations : New Dimensions and Responsibilities
Contents: 1. On Nepal-India relations/Jaya Raj Acharya. 2. Stray thoughts on foreign policy of Nepal/Soorya Lal Amatya. 3. Nepal: in quest of alternative approaches to strengthening national unity and integration, sustaining Democracy with republic order and building a strong economic nation-state/Madan Kumar Dahal. 4. Nepal-India relations: need of review/Puspa Kamal Prachanda Dahal. 5. Differences and similarities of views of Nepalis political parties on Nepal’s relations with India/Jeetendra Narayan Dev. 6. Nepal and India: a case for equal but non-reciprocal relationship/Kul Chandra Gautam. 7. Stray thoughts on India’s foreign policy vis a vis its neighboring countries/Shreedhar Gautam. 8. From Lose-Lose to win-win: what will it take to undo the damage in Nepal-India relations?/Dipak Gyawali. 9. In the context of Rt. Hon’ble K.P. Sharma oli’s state visit to India Nepal-India relations: new dimensions and responsibilities/Pradeep Gyawali. 10. Reorienting Nepal-India relations in the changed context/Mohan P. Lohani. 11. Nepal and India relations/Ex. PM Madhav Kumar. 12. Nepal-India relations: the midget, Mammoth and the missing link in the Himalayas/Gopal Pokharel. 13. Contemporary Nepal-India relations: issues and prospects/Ishwar Pokharel. 14. Triangular relationship between Nepal, India and China/Prakash A. Raj. 15. China meets India in Nepal: A historical and future perspective/Madhukar SJB Rana. 16. Need for economic agenda to be the focal point of Nepal-India special relations/Anil Shah. 17. Exemplary relations between Nepal and India/Anjan Shakya. 18. Nepal and India relations: Building prosperity through investment/Shankar P. Sharma. 19. Nepal-India cross-border movement of people and goods/Buddhi Narayan Shrestha. 20. The 1950 treaty be replaced by new treaty need of new vision in 21st century/Hiranya Lal Shrestha. 21. Nepal-India relations: need to walk the current global trend/Madhavji Shrestha. 22. Nepal-India: need for a paradigm shift/Mohan Krishna Shrestha. 23. Strengthening Nepal-India economic cooperation/Rajendra B. Shrestha. 24. Issues on Nepal-India trade relations/Rajesh Kazi Shrestha. 25. Changing the dynamics of Nepal-India relations/Shambhu Ram Simkhada.
The publication on Nepal-India Relations’ is the compilation of the wisdom, contemplation and knowledge from the prominent protagonists and experts of the country on the issues of Nepal-India relations. This publication aims at disseminating the information about the bilateral relations between Nepal and India and seeks to forge appropriate voices on foreign policy matters.
Fundamentally, the correct conduct of bilateral relations is inevitably needed for the independence and sovereignty as well as security of the country. No country can move ahead without forging ahead the relations with neighboring countries in a proper way. Every freedom-loving country requires the handling of bilateral relations very sensitively. The main and basic needs of the bilateral relations are to promote cordial and warm contacts with immediate neighbors. Such process would contribute to further promoting as well as enhancing good neighborliness for mutual benefits. Undoubtedly, Nepal needs to extend its friendly hands to the neighbor with the intent of good faith placed in the trustworthy friendship with neighbor. Nepal as a smaller country it is but natural expects similar treatment from the big neighbor.
With this consideration, Nepal needs to extend its neighborly relations rapidly with the political consensus achieved for the independent and free-wheeling journey of its foreign relations. (jacket)
