Contents: 1. Perspective on India-Nepal relations and China factor/Lalit Mansingh. 2. Shift of China's strategic objectives and the impact on India and Nepal/Chen Mumin. 3. Rediscovering Nepal’s relationship with South Asia and east Asia: India and China in comparative perspective/Sangit Sarita Dwivedi. 4. Reconsidering India-Nepal bilateral relations in the twenty-first century/Neelam Sampang. 5. Safeguarding the 'National Interest' of Nepal: analysis of India-China relations from social constructivism/Anmol Mukhia. 6. Envisaging Nepal as a connector of North India and Tibet autonomous region/Nishchal Nath Pandey. 7. Nepal’s role in re-designing historical relations between India and China/Rashmi Singh and Vivek Kumar Srivastava. 8. Indo-Nepal bilateral relations: a study on the impact of the open border issue/Budh Bahadur Lama. 9. Borders between two countries: similar purpose with different perception?/Uddhab Prasad Pyakurel. 10. Nepal’s offer for transit route: an attempt to strengthen Indo-China bilateral trade/Sutandra Singha. 11. India-Nepal cooperation for hydropower development: progress, challenges and the China factor/Hana Hsin-wei Cheng. 12. Chinese and Indian aid diplomacy in Nepal/Chithra Purushotaman. 13. The US strategy in Nepal: A counterweight to strategic influence of China-an opportunity/challenge for India/Amanpreet Kaur. 14. Buddhist epistemological transgreeional values: a new avenue of cooperation for India-China-Nepal/Dinesh Kumar Ahirwar. 15. The Chinese and Nepalese in Kolkata: a historical case study of diaspora in shaping popular perception in an immigrating country/Bandana Upadhyay. 16. A Case of forgotten histories: Kamrup, nepal and the Ahoms/Sriparna Pathak Raimedhi. 17. China's Anti-India agenda in Nepal: an appraisal/Sandeep Singh. 18. Investments and cultural affinities: India and China struggle for influence in Nepal/Sanjeevan Pradhan. 19. India's Defence strategy vis-a-vis China: The British legacy and its Relevance/Sreeparna Dasgupta. 20. Six decades of China-Nepal relations: emerging trends/Sanjeev Kumar.