In 2024, Indian Foreign Minister Jaishankar's first foreign visit to Nepal highlighted India’s closeness to its neighbour. Building upon the positive momentum of the visit of Nepal’s Prime Minister Prachanda to New Delhi in May 2023, the focus of the FM’s visit was also on areas of mutual convergences—energy, trade, connectivity, people-to-people ties, cultural exchanges, development partnership. In this episode, Amb Ranjit Rae and Dr Cchavi Vasisht analyse the visit and understand its importance for the relations between the two countries.