Diplomacy that governs the relationship between Nepal and India has always been like a myth, akin to the myth of Sisyphus. No sooner do diplomats climb down the mountain of controversy with treaties and agreements than they have to turn around again to begin the climb again as they face the mountain of controversy anew. This pattern has become a life-cycle of Nepal-India relations which are firmly based on the framework set by the 1950 treaty. The governments in both countries are apt to decide this situation as the process of continuous negotiations which is never ending as the world of diplomacy thrives on such process.
