How Hit is Modi’s HIT Formula? By Deepak Parvatiyar August 5, 2014 HIT in Kathmandu! Can Narendra Modi ask for any better? In the last few weeks, the Indian prime minister has shown his fondness for wordplay and slogans. The latest in the line is his prescription of a HIT formula to boost Indo-Nepal ties. “I have abbreviated the priorities as HIT — highways, information-ways and the third, transmission-ways,” he said during his visit last Sunday. Obviously, HIT struck a chord with international media too. A New York Times headlines screamed: ‘Nepal Enthralled by Visit of India Premier, Who Hits ‘the Right Notes’. The official Chinese media too has acknowledged that the Indian prime minister has done a lot to win hearts! Competing with China You may also like to read 100 days of Modi Government Biography of Narendra Modi Yet, there is more to the HIT formula than meets the eye. In recent times even China has stepped up its engagement with Nepal, with m
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