news An account of Nepal-India relations with focus on China My Republica Nepal, Jan. 28 -- Sanjay Upadhya's "The Backfire in Nepal: How India Lost Plot to China" provides a detailed account of Nepal-India relations in the last fifteen years, focusing on China's diplomatic and strategic success in Nepal. In 2005, India facilitated the historic Peace Agreement between the Maoists and the Seven Party Alliance in Nepal, ending a decade-long war waged against Nepal's centuries-old monarchy. A decade and a half later, Nepal and India hit the lowest point despite the two countries sharing close socio-cultural, political, economic, and strategic ties. Similarly, Karan Singh, who had successfully convinced King Gyanendra to accept the people's demand and pave the way for democracy in 2006, visit by the Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar to Kathmandu at the eleventh hour to convince the Nepal government to accommodate the demands of Madhesis, were termed as the 'wrong advice.' What led Nepal to shift from 'special relations' with India to 'conditional relations' and forge strategic ties with China?