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Article: Nepal's Mr Nepal.
- Article from:
- The Nepali Times (Kathmandu, Nepal)
- Article date:
- August 21, 2009
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Prashant Jha NEW DELHI, August 21, 2009 (Nepali Times) -- Madhav Nepal came, he saw, and he left without as much as creating a ripple in the Indian capital.
If anything, the core message that Mr Nepal should be taking home is that this is a new India. The Indian PMO may be keeping an eye on Nepal because of security interests, but it spends far more time and energy looking out to the west finding ways to carve a space in the world.
The Indian media's interest in Nepal is narrowed to the interest of certain key senior journalists who wield influence in their newsrooms to push a story or interview. The business community may attend the fancy CII lunches ...