Our correspondent reflects on Nepal's geopolitical history of judicious non-alignment. Indeed, founding king Prithvi Narayan Shah observed Nepal as a yam between two boulders - China and India.

This article originally featured in The Rising Nepal.

Written by Dr Balmukunda Regmi, and read by Andy Brain, for non-profit freeform radio station Beware! The Radio.

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