Dehradun, April 28 -- Two recent developments in our Himalayan neighbourhood should be a cause of serious concern, bordering on alarm. The first is the strict enforcement of a rarely enforced order of 1958 imposing Bhansar (customs duty) on Indian goods valued above Indian National Rupees (INR) 100. This is just about 64 Nepali rupees - and so anyone entering Nepal - whether she be an Indian/Nepali is subject to this payment or face confiscation of goods. It affects Nepalese citizens who come to the border bazaars of India to buy groceries, medicines, utensils, electronics, and products for weddings. This has seen serious protests in all the border towns of Nepal, and could well prove to the first of series of populist steps taken by the ne...