InPhilTraitor
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Absolutely - the Kashmiris were promised they would have the choice to determine whether or not they wanted to enter into a compact of nationhood with India or not (as India did with the people of Junagadh, despite the ruler of the State acceding to Pakistan), and India violated that commitment to the Kashmiris and the international community.
Nations are not, as the author argues, built by superfluous claims constructed on the edifice of some religio-cultural myth of a motherland encompassing specific geographical points, but by the people inhabiting those lands determining of their own volition that they wish to be a part of a nation.
India, in denying the Kashmirs their promised right of self-determination, continues to deny them the right to decide on Indian nationhood, and instead force them to accept it.
I cannot envision any other alternative for India but to deny Kashmir valley its Azadi for now, even the agreement between Musharaf and Manmohan which was so close to be signed did not involve a plebisite. India for now is only interested for temporary solution that would incrementally will give way for Independent Kashmir. Giving Kashmiris outright Independence will really destabilize the entire nation, which could be a problem for the world in general and the neighborhood in particular.
The destabilization of India surrounds esp. Indian muslims, because there is a section of people in India who think the unfinished business of partition is "muslims living in India" (just like the pakistani wing thinks of Kashmir as unfinished business). So, it would be like throwing about 160million people to dogs. Very dangerous area to go.
As much are my pakistani friends here are excited about Kashmir and royal screw up we have made out of it, be careful what you wish for.