Nepal, Aug. 21 -- Girija Prasad Koirala was perhaps the only Nepali head of government who once explored the possibility of transforming the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) into a forum for discussing the bilateral relations of member countries, albeit in an indirect and subtle manner. Prefacing his response with the disarming Hindi idiom 'chhoti mooh, badi baat', literally meaning 'small mouth, big talk', the then-premier Koirala had managed to weave India-Pakistan relations, peace in South Asia and the future of SAARC together in a question-answer session with Riz Khan of CNN.
Ever since India refused to attend the 2016 SAARC Summit scheduled to be held in Islamabad, the regional grouping has remained more or les...