Jammu & Kashmir: A ruptured homeland

Kashmir is a blot on the post-Independence history of India. It is an example of everything that is wrong with our political, strategic and civilisational understanding of our nationhood as the Kashmir issue is associated with all aspects of what defines a nation-state. The Indian polity has subsequently realised that Jawaharlal Nehru made a self-goal and that regaining the ceded ground in Kashmir is very difficult. The focus, therefore, has been to ensure that the status quo is maintained in the State at any cost.

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