Comments on: Kashmir: Self Determination or Self Delusion

By: Hari

Hari — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:35:11 +0000

Welcome Suhas,

Omar Abdullah administration might be an issue. But I think that the current violence is primarily because of the fact that India and Pakistan after a break of about 2 years have started talking about peace. Peace is not something the militants want.

I think that most realistic Kashmiris know that Azadi is not possible nor it is practical.

By: Suhas Dighe

Suhas Dighe — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:02:25 +0000

When things had settled down peace was more or less had come and we were looking for economy taking off in the valley, there comes a playboy named Omar Abdullah. Immature and indifferent he had no clue how to govern this troubled state. Pakistan is never shy of fishing in troubled water. The trouble there is funded and fully orchestrated by Pakistan. Pakistan does not want azadi for Kashmir, it wants Kashmir and would , forever, forment trouble. The opposition leaders do not wish to help the CM because then he becomes stronger politically. Ironical it may sound, but maintaining a status quo is the only alternative available to India. If Kashmir gets azadi, it will , before you say Jack Robinson, be overrun by Pakistan militarily. We might as well hand it over to Pakistan instead of going through the notions of azadi.

By: Hari

Hari — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 21:06:07 +0000

Thank you. It is obviously a very complicated issue. I see demands made by India, Pakistan and the so-called representatives of the people of Kashmir making demands that cannot be realistically achieved.

By: Hari

Hari — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 20:57:35 +0000

You have a good point about Nehru taking the issue to the UN. But I do not think that politicians in India and Pakistan had any choice then but to take it to UN considering that they were nascent nations. Both nations today are in violations of UN resolutions of the 1940′s and I do not think that these resolutions are relevant anymore.

By: Jaya Selvi

Jaya Selvi — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 11:32:51 +0000

But Nehru, was the one, who took the Kashmir issue to the UN and the Line of Control came into existence. Acc. to me, it was wrong idea for india, in accepting the accession. or India should have accepted only Jammu and Ladakh, and kashmir to Pak. But its too late for everything. either autonomny or independence. Because, whaterver the decision, GOI is going to take, politicians from other states will exploite our India into many fragments.

By: YAYAVER

YAYAVER — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 02:23:32 +0000

I am not eligble to comment on this issue as knoq very little about Kashmir’s murky history. Yet agree on the opinion of yours on slef determination. I am reading these blogs for information :

http://kashmirreporter.blogspot.com/

http://sameerbhat.blogspot.com/