Kalapani Question: Searching Peace in Turbulent Waters

When the recent alteration 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 the border is natural or artificial, clear or blurry, it is an identity marker and creates loyalties within its territory.