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The rumors of spring didn’t come true in the end. In the course of the year, so it was said in Kathmandu at the time, the really big ones would travel to small Nepal. Antony Blinken, US Secretary of State, would be there, or maybe even the Vice President herself, Kamala Harris. After all, there is 75 years of Nepal-US relations to celebrate. Eventually, a 25-strong high-ranking US government delegation cavorted in Kathmandu. What else could they do but prepare for an even bigger visit?