Nepal, Nov. 25 -- While writing this final and the 101st fortnightly column, I notice six far-reaching changes unfurling in South Asia. Firstly, India-Nepal relations are once again warming up and ascending to a newer height. The tumultuous slide down had hit rock bottom. Secondly, India is largely able to put forth stiff terms of negotiation with China on issues of border skirmishes. Thirdly, the fruition of esoteric ideas like Indo-Pacific and Quadrilateral Security Dialogue has the potentiality to reorient the geopolitical alignments and regional responses in Asia. Fourthly, India's exit from the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership signals a new variety of economic competition and intra- and inter-regional decoupling wars. Fift...