After surviving through the border blockade imposed by India that was in fact initially unhappy over the way he was 'unilaterally' elected to govern the Nepal state, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli enjoyed a red carpet welcome in India itself. And he is now in the midst of what many Nepali and Nepal experts believe to be a productive visit of the People's Republic of China. In response to widespread criticism at home for not taking a pro-active role in addressing the grievances of the Madhes-centric parties to neutralize the impact of a lengthy trade embargo by India, Prime Minister Oli had boasted of making Nepal self-reliant rather than bowing down to the hegemonic interventions by the world's largest democracy over an emerging democracy that it encircles on all three relatively accessible sides. Prime Minister Oli went a step further, may be with the intention to catch popular sentiments, in making a tall promise of getting the country rid of power outage within a year. He drew more criticism especially in the mainstream media and social media for promising to install cooking gas pipelines direct to the Nepali kitchens. Only time will tell, how realistic those promises by the Prime Minister were.