Nepal, Sept. 7 -- On August 17, India's Foreign Secretary extended a standing invitation to Nepal's Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, but the visit now appears uncertain, with the Indian media reporting that the visit, unofficially scheduled for September 16, has been postponed.

A series of events over the past few weeks indicates that India has once again snubbed Oli for his undiplomatic and jingoistic behaviour, including actively whipping up anti-India sentiments over the border issue and aligning with China even more closely.

Only a few weeks earlier, Oli was also planning to meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin. According to people with direct knowled...