When the recent alterations in the political map of India was published on 31 October 2019 indicating two newly formed Union Territories – Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh, the long-standing controversial border issue between Nepal-India came to the spotlight and sparked a sudden momentum in Nepal over the Kalapani issue.
Whether border is natural or artificial, clear or blurry, it is an identity marker and creates loyalties within its territory. Therefore, nationalist fervor for one’s own stable territory and border has been the reigning issue in the history of world politics.
Mapping the origin of the Kalapani issue and the unresoved status of the India-Nepal border, I argue in this article that At the time when China has resolved its ‘land border’ with all its neighbours, debarring Bhutan and India, India having border disputes with many of its neighbour do not fit in its ambition to rise as a regional and global power.
Citation: Paul, Aditi (2020), “Kalapani Questions: Searching Peace in Turbulent Waters” Nepal Institute for International Cooperation and Engagement, 7 April 2020, URL: https://niice.org.np/archives/3957.
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