Mending the strained Nepal-India relations

Both countries need a new way of talking and thinking about each other.

The recent incident at Delhi airport, involving a Nepali transit passenger and a social media post, was not an isolated event. The viral social media post concerned a Nepali citizen who was denied boarding for her flight to Berlin during a transit stop in Delhi, despite having all valid travel documents. The Indian Ministry of Home Affairs clarified that the denial was made by the airline (Qatar Airways), which deemed her visa insufficient for the destination country; however, she travelled to Berlin from Nepal afterwards.