evidence: Kalapani: A Bone of Contention Between India and Nepal 17 Oct, 2000 · 422 Alok Kumar Gupta, after an analysis of the Kalapnai issue points out that technically, it may be possible for India to shift its post from Kalapani to the west bank of the Kali. However, it may not be possible politically and from the strategic point of view [...] These differences amount in reality to differences in the maps that each country possesses, which is further exacerbated by the shifting course of the Mahakali river in the area that was earlier accepted as the boundary.