Nepal needs to play catch-up

India is talking a new global language, where technology is a matter of national security.

Does our deep-rooted antagonism towards India—fuelled both by our political discourse and our national media—make us myopic in how we view India? Perhaps. Perhaps it also has to do with India’s consistent oversight of Nepal’s concerns regarding border management and other bilateral issues, and memories of the 2015 blockade. It could be a hangover from the heady days of King Mahendra’s nationalism, or plain and simple hill chauvinism. Whatever the reason, anti-Indianism remains as convenient a political instrument today as in the past.