What kind of leadership heads the Pakistani army? What are they driven by?
Sheer hatred for India? Complete hatred for India. There are schools at the border which are funded by the Middle East. I remember meeting some children once or twice who would say ‘Pakistan zindabad’ when you drove past. But when you stopped and asked them where was Pakistan, they wouldn’t know. The government also has to see its education policy. The people of Kashmir are not happy because for so many years there has been no development. I was the commandant of the High Altitude Warfare School. The slopes of Gulmarg could have been turned into a skiers’ paradise. But local politics is so self centred that this is not possible. You can’t build a road from Tanmarg to Gulmarg because the ponywallah would lose his livelihood. I don’t blame the Kashmiri for being dissatisfied. He doesn’t have electricity for seven months. He has no economy. He eats Nadru — a part of the lotus. His children have no schools. If a young man in Delhi or Chandigarh can drive a Maruti or a Santro, why can’t a
