India, May 15 -- A long-standing border dispute between Nepal and India has resurfaced after India and China announced plans to resume the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra through the Lipulekh Pass. The route, suspended after the Coronavirus pandemic, is set to reopen from June to August. Nepal has formally objected to the route, arguing that the pass falls within territory claimed by Kathmandu. The Himalayan nation sent a diplomatic protest to both India and China over the proposed pilgrimage route. India, in turn, has rejected Nepal's assertion, dismissing Kathmandu's territorial claims over the region as a "unilateral artificial enlargement". China so far has maintained silence.

India, however, left room for dialogue and diplomacy. Randhir Ja...