A complex nexus in Nepal

Mr Sharma is right to point out that the India-Nepal relationship has lacked the kind of high-level political attention on the Indian side which a neighbour of strategic importance should have

The Nepal Nexus

Sudheer Sharma

Penguin India; 432 Pages, Rs 699

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Reviewing a book that deals with events in which one has been involved in some measure is always a risk. As India’s ambassador in Nepal during 2002-2004 and later as foreign secretary from 2004-2006, I was called upon to deal with many of the events described in Sudheer Sharma’s The Nepal Nexus. I understood them differently from the author. This does not detract from his impressive grasp of the tortuous and complex political manoeuvrings, which have marked Nepal’s transition from an autocratic monarchy to a multi-party democracy. The book also tells