When whole of the nation was celebrating the 62nd Independance day hoisting the tricolour, the Kashmir Valley was burning in the fire of the communalism. The curfew imposed in the city continued to be there. The armed forces hoisted the tricolor at the historical 'Lal Chowk' in Srinagar. But , as a shock to the millions of Indians, the protestors came out of their home in huge numbers in the evening and hoisted the flag of Azad Kashmir. The armed forces could not do anything other than to watch them do so. Neither could have done anything with such a huge crowd coming for the ritual.
The incidence can be related much to the India's struggle for independence.Do the people of Kashmir really against the Indian rule and are in favour of a seperate Kashmir or there exits a small section of the community who is trying to mobilise the 'awaam' of kashmir for their personal ambitions.
Going back into the past , we find that kashmir row has been there since India's Independence . 61 years have passed by , the Kashmir issue is still wide open.People of kashmir are now annoyed with both Indian and Pakistan Govt who have failed miserably to solve the issue . To be frank, better to say they dont want to do so. In Pakistan , Kashmir is an important election issue and no govt. would like to take rock-solid decision on it. Moreover, the involvement of Pakistan army in their governance owes a lot to this failure. Even , from the indian side , there hasn't been any serious effort rather than allocating extra funds for the state.
At the time of independance , the Hindu Maharaja of Muslim-populated state decided to come with India. But, this was not digestable to the Pakistan.They sent their troops and a war was declared. Right from that time Pakistan has always wanted to add kashmir to her territory supporting Cross-Border Terrorism and Proxy War terming it as "Jihad".
The war of 1948 ended on the note of UN intervention to conduct plebescite and let the people themselve decide. But, to conduct it , the major requirement was withdrawl of both Indian and Pakistani troops which doesnot seems to be possible even in distant future.
The three possible solutions suggested for this issue:
1) Kashmir remains with India and PoK goes with Pakistan( present LoC to be declared as International Border). Altough, there is very little probability to Pakistan aggreing with it.If any of the Indian Govt is able to fix this solution it will be considered as one of the biggest diplomatic victory of India.But, it can only be done with the help of international pressure and Kashmiri's support. It too seems very rare that any international fraternity will like the press pakistan for this , neither will they want it to be fixed.
2) Divison of Kashmir Valley: Pakistan will be more than happy over it. There is very chances that the Hindu-populated regions like Jammu, Kapurthalla and Ladakh will go with Pakistan , instead , they would like to be added to Himachal Pradesh.Even, Pakistan wont mind it.
3)Kashmir as an independant state: Its really one the most feasible solutions with the Hurriyat and others demanding for it. Even, international community will welcome this solution . But, the problem with it lies not in its feasibilty but, its longevity and its impact over the region.
I am afraid of the sovereignity and independence of this state in due course of time as if not India (considering the fact , we haven't invaded any nation in alst 1000 years),Pakistan will surely try for it and India will have to come in fray to stop the Pakistani extension in the South Asia. Moreover, considering the fact that India as well as Pakistan comprises of a wide variety of culture and otehr differences, the voices of independent status will start raising their head and the South Asia region will turn into a turbulent state .India having faced such small protests and demands from seperatists group in the past in state of Punjab , Tamil Nadu , should go on to supress this.
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