Who is this Parag Khanna. certain errors I noticed are,

But "India’s geography is at present geopolitically unfortunate because its ability to project power militarily is blocked by the Himalayan mountains, vast Indian Ocean.."

Blocked by Indian ocean? I find it interesting. Ocean's give a nation the only option of projecting power. India can only project power through the oceans. 

Also from his last interview, Nepal has become a democratic nation and the relation has improved better.