Comments on: Kashmiris’ wrong strategy

By: Jay

Jay — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 20:09:41 +0000

Mr. Noorani has fallen into the trap of thinking that political parties won freedom for India. He is entirely ignorant of the economics and the strategic constraints on the British empire. It is now fairly well established amongst Indian historians that the British left India because the feared the impact of uprisings in the military triggered off by the role of Subhash Bose’s Indian National Army. Infact they were keen to leave at the earliest after a chain of rebellions culminating in the revolt in Royal Indian Navy in 1946 at Mumbai. Were Gandhi and Jinnah successful in their missions, history is unlikely to think so. Was Pakistan what Jinnah wanted? The answer might surprize Mr. Noorani. Was Pakistan a defeat for Indian Muslims? There are some who would undoubtedly say so and some might disagree but it has certainly left them worse off economically and the Pakistan movement was undoubtedly a movement to protect the economic interests of Indian Muslims (if there is a definition that one can agree on “who is a muslim”). The history of the subcontinent has shown that as a people the subcontinentals suffer from what Freud has called the “Narcissism of small differences”. The subcontinentals are so consumed by their small differences (in religion, culture etc.) that they forget the many other things which bind them together, geography and contiguity being the foremost.
Kashmiri’s would best be served by autonomy, the brief history of the newly independent Islamic CIS states shows that small countries have miniscule voices and face severe challanges which have isolated them further without bringing the promised benefits. Kashmir sorrounded by India, Pakistan and China can hardly be independent or free from pressure of the near and far powers (who have been interested for so long).

By: Plal

Plal — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 19:16:23 +0000

Author who is practicing :Lawyer in supreme court of India,is bent upon dishing out negativity about India and never explain the legal position of the actors involved in the Kashmir tangle.

By: Vikrant

Vikrant — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 18:54:10 +0000

Same old senile rants from a rabid anti-India author (so-called) … this time against his own!

By: Aimal

Aimal — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 16:05:23 +0000

I fear that Kashmir problem will have a logical solution with the disintegration of Pakistan being threatened by its economic and governmental failure. It is like in an aircraft in danger – first pull the oxygen mask to yourself before helping others.

By: Ashish

Ashish — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 06:44:28 +0000

Killers and murderers should not be shielded by anyone. Holding such people in high esteem is the wrong strategy.

By: does not matter

does not matter — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 05:52:53 +0000

so people can vote…choose their own electives..decide the democratic government…are free to follow their religion…are free to choose their professions….what else is freedom?

By: Rahmat

Rahmat — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 04:05:47 +0000

Mr. Noorani is patently wrong when he says Kashmir is a dispute where approval of Kashmiris is a must. Which Kashmiris is he talking about ? People like Salaudin and Geelani are not the representatives of Kashmiris. They are their tormentors and actually deserving of being hauled to court for treason. All that Kashmir problem needs is for India and Pakistan to understand boudaries can not be changed by any force on earth. Kashmiris need to wake up and smell the roses

By: BRR

BRR — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 03:59:07 +0000

A landlocked place trying to be an independent country, when it his little to offer and a lot of hatred for every one else in the state. Seem to be degenrating into obscurantism.