Nepal has many strengths that it can leverage on in defining itself as an independent nation that can form it's own identity:

The advancement it has made in the last 60 yeears in it's history in terms of education, economics, politics, media. The number of educated and intellectuals have have grown in Nepal are manifold. The number of Nepalese in the world who have become independent and can stand on their own feet and who can now help Nepal grow is immense.

Nepalese have a lot of good will all over the world. There are millions of foreigners who love Nepal and Nepalese and who consider Nepal to be a beautiful destination. There are millions of people who come for both spiritual and secular tourism to Nepal.

So Nepal has huge strengths. In the end, we only seek to seek a partnership with India along with the other South Asian nations. We all have common strategic interests in terms of culture, geography, religion, economics, etc. So all of us partners of the South Asian conglomerate need to unite in a common strategy for our common interest.

This is what Himal Magazine is doing:
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