“Beyond handshakes: Nepal needs agenda-led diplomacy” by Gyanendra Ghale. Ghale writes incisively that the foreign minister’s visits to India and China show why Nepal needs a public follow-up matrix for every major diplomatic engagement. Nepal needs agenda-led diplomacy. Ghale insists that “Nepal needs to engage India with confidence, China with clarity, and both neighbours from the standpoint of national interest.” Thapa is one of the leading columnists of the Post and writes on a wide range of topical social and political issues.