Retired Indian Army General Ashok Mehta has been a consistent commentator on Nepal. As a former Indian Army officer, he is widely published on matters that pertain to Indian security interests. The relevance of his writings on Nepal however, derive more from having commanded the Indian Army’s Gurkha brigades than from substantive exposure to Nepal’s own military assets (and national interests).
While General Mehta’s book, “The Royal Nepal Army: Meeting the Maoist Challenge” is a mediocre work of tailored facts and figures (many of them inaccurate and out of context), it’s his recent views on Nepal’s road to peace, that are significantly more thought-provoking.
(Commentary on General Mehta’s suggestion from early June, 2006 is located at the following link: http://nepaliperspectives.blogspot.com/2006/06/consolidating-peace-in-nepal-general.html)
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