Nepal, May 12 -- The reported resumption of the trade/pilgrimage route to Mansarovar through Nepal's territory of Lipulekh by India and China, without Nepal's consent, has triggered a sharp reaction in Nepal. The Nepali government has already sent its objection to both countries in writing, protesting strongly against this high-handed treatment, to which India has promptly replied with its counter-claim.

China has so far maintained silence!

This unilateral action has angered every patriotic Nepali. At the outset, let me confess there is nothing new about what I write here. It is drawn from existing sources, pieced together and streamlined. I was moved to write when I saw how border disputes become interest-driven and how facts are muzzl...