democracy gives kashmiris the right to choose their representatives in both state & national(india) level legislatures. they are exercising it for the last 60 yrs , unlike pakistanis.
if the decision of "partition of india" was left for the people of united india to decide(thru a nation wide...
please read my post carefully
I used the word "potential" not "actual"
how u manage the resource depends on the rulers of pakistan(pakistani generals) not pakistani economists !
It is the Pak army that makes the final decision on every matter
sigatoka,
Although Water is a cheap...
sigatoka
u wrote" Empathy is not calculated, the cost that Pak. has endured for liberating Kashmir far exceeds the pathetic regions economic value. If Pak. was truely cold and calculating, Kashmir would have been abandoned long ago"
Ask any Pakistani general as to the ECONOMIC VALUE OF...
dear Sid ,
Yes, I agree with u that kashmir issue/dispute is multidimensional.
people & land are just two aspects
the other aspects are
1. water (and its possible fallout on indus water treaty)
2. strategic position(pak will keep india separated from afghanistan(shared border),
3...
Are Pakistanis interested in "kashmiris as a people" or "kashmiri land-real estate" ? choose one.
If they choose the first option, they simply should ask kashmiris to migrate to pakistan by all possible options.
The Bus / Train services were started to enable kashmiris to migrate to...
partition was caused by the power struggle between the hindu elites & the muslim elites. the source of power for both were different.
the muslim elites were all nawabs,jamindars who derived their power from their landed properties. they feared LAND REFORMS which the congress had planned to...
Qwais, u wrote
"its only solution is the surrender of kashmir by any of them. and only by war. perhaps civil war"
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some problems dont have any solutions, you have to live with them.The problem is solved when people die & stop living them.
Forget kashmir &...
the only solution to this kashmir issue is to keep talking for 5 yrs,10 yrs,20 yrs,.....100 yrs ..............
keep talking
and when u r exhausted then start talking about what to talk > when to talk ? how to talk ? where to talk ? .....
talk talk talk !