In fact just the other day Indian Foreign Secretary Menon said something imbecilic along the lines of 'talks resuming only after Pakistan stops calling Kashmir a territorial dispute or change in status'.
The lack of dialog has been a roadblock put up by India from the days of Nehru. If you go through the UN resolutions thread and read his quotes I posted, he quite clearly followed a duplicitous policy on Kashmir, of 'showing one face to the world' and never intending to follow up on India's commitments to hold a plebiscite in practice.
That policy it appears is being followed by the current GoI as well. Steve Coll revealed that back channel negotiations on Kashmir had progressed considerably, but India called off the negotiations before they could be concluded.
Now the statement from the foreign secretary indicates a complete 180 - IMO the back-channel diplomacy was merely India up to its usual Nehruvian gimmickry and duplicity - negotiate to buy/waste time, and then walk away without concluding anything.
This attitude and refusal to sincerely engage in a diplomatic resolution of Kashmir is what led to Pakistan supporting interventionist policies in Kashmir, and to that end I still see no desire on the part of the GoI to move on Kashmir.
@AM what you are saying is if Indians don't talk you on Kashmir you will send terrorist across.
The logic was some what same when you sent terrorist into Afghanistan to fight the soviets and today the same network is boomeranging on you. I don't understand why you have to make cannon fodder of your youth to prove a point to the world. These guys with good education could have been leading nice happy lives somewhere in Pakistan.
Does any one cry for them or spare a thought for them. They are like sheeps raised for slaughter. Do the children of high ranking army and civilian officials take part in such activity on the contrary they would be heading to cool climes of the world in pursuit of better education and jobs. Was it not the case with Ajmal Kasab......all he wanted was a good life?
We as two countries can agree to disagree but why pay such a huge human cost? Precious lives lost on both sides of the border.
Trust me friends if you stay of Kashmir their will be no problems in Kashmir and their will be peace on both side of the border. India should take all steps to assure Pakistan that it is not involved in any terrorist activity in Pakistan. Mutual trust and respect for each other is the only way forward.