Fluent in algorithms, unprepared for statecraft

Prime Minister Shah’s statement sits in the record. It will be retrieved, quoted and deployed the next time Nepal asserts a position of Lipulekh, Kalapani or Limpiyadhura.

Facing the House of Representatives for the first time since assuming office, Prime Minister Balendra Shah revealed something startling. He told lawmakers that he had only recently learned that Nepal and India faced border complications extending beyond Nepal’s own territorial claims.