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Item Evolution Of Sphere Of Influence In Indo-Nepal Relations(Department Of International Relation & Diplomacy, 2020-03) Chhetri, BijayIn political discourse of India-Nepal relations, the termsphereof influence of ten appears without much scrutiny.This position has been used by several writers and politicians as the continuance of a strategic traditional inherited from the British imperial policyof treatingSouthAsianregionas itsexclusive strategic backyard. Since its inception, Indian establishment had their interests in defending the political status-quo in Indo-Nepal relations which inanotherword is to maintain its sphere of influence rather in implicit manner.Nepal continuously struggled to defy the prevailing status-quo in interstate relations between the two countries.But,Chinese annexation of Tibet in 1950, a move that brought China´s territorial boundaries to the edge of Nepal,New Delhi foundnew justification to itssphereof influence claim over the subcontinent on defensive grounds.India unilaterally started to assume the responsibility of entire himalayan frontier as far as its defence is concerned. Bydefinition,asphereof influence is a determinate region within which asingleexternal powerexertsapredominant influence,withexclusionofotherpowersand limitationof the independenceorsovereigntyofpoliticalentitieswithinit.Forlong,absenceofstrongpresenceofexternalactor(s)in India´spolitical orbit hadmade the IndianSphereof Influenceclaim,morevalid.But,Nepal´sdesiretoestablishitselfasanbonafideindependentstateininternationalsocietywouldnotgohand-in-hand with beingpart of Indian sphere of influence. Coming out of Indian shadow was a necessary condition if Nepal was to realise its national aspiration.Thus, rigorous attempts were made from Nepal ina bid to reduce heavy handed Indian influence in its internal andexternalpolity.As far as Nepal started to diversify its external relations beyond its southern neighbour, it started to test the balancing act of Indian foreign policy.The case for India n sO I did not remained the same,indeed,it is evolvingovertime.Item Interpellation of Shalimar in Rushdie's The Shalimar the Clown(Department of English, 2019) Oli, Khem RajThe motives of the terrorists vary, from war atrocities to personal woes and before a terrorist attack can take place, a weapon must be assembled. That weapon is the mind of the terrorist. Though terrorism is not a religious monopoly, but post 9/11 it has come to be closely associated with Islam and its concept of jihad. In Shalimar the Clown Rushdie tactfully raises the issue of fundamentalism. The novel conveys both the spectacular beauty and the spectacular violence of the area, offering much to think aboutin terms of the origins of such violence.This thesis explores the issue of how a brilliantly gifted and lovable Muslim lover boy, ideologically turns into a rage filled jihadist. No man Sher Noman, later renames himself Shalimar meaning abode of joy,after the garden in which he accomplished his love, twists himself to revenge. It also delves into what leads him down the path to slashing an American ambassador’s throat, because being extremely dishonored, Shalimar abandons his home and his acting tradition to join the Kashmiri resistance movement, while owing allegiance only to personal revenge. The transformation of Shalimar the clown into a jihadist is the best part of the novel. The shy, romantic boy enraptured by myth becomes a cold- blooded combatant. Key Terms: Fundamentalism,Jihad, Power, Authority, Sovereignty,Power, Transformation, Revenge, Marginalized.