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Bloated egos of a handful of individuals should not hamper Indo-Nepal bilateral relations.

The news of the eighth meeting of the Indo-Nepal Oversight Mechanism being scheduled for August 17 has come as a major relief for those closely following the goings-on between the two friendly South Asian neighbours in recent months. The meeting has been a long time coming, as the current reticence between these otherwise gregarious nations following the cartographic tussle over the disputed territories of Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura had caused a great deal of inconvenience in other areas of bilateral cooperation.