How disputed is Kashmir?
If I parked my car on your lawn, then called your garage “disputed territory”, justifying the release of pit-bulls into your garage, how would you feel if the neighbours summoned you to the community center to discuss the “disputed garage”? The answer is very important in the emerging global village of the next millenium. The Himalayan and Indian state (mind the lowercase s) of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) provides ample material for a case study. This ‘s’ was uppercase before October 26, 1947. Jammu & Kashmir, as an independent State, formally acceded to the Secular Republic of India, pursuant to related British-Indian legislation. While the ruling government of J&K was going through the process of making its choice, the neighbouring Islamic Republic of Pakistan sought to pre-empt this and forcibly occupied the parts now called Pak-Occupied-Kashmir (PoK). Pakistan was unambiguously declared an aggressor by the UN Rapporteur Sir Owen Dixon. PoK has become the “lawn” in our analogy described
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