Pushing Kashmir issue under the carpet

It seems little can be expected from India on the Kashmir issue as all Indo-Pak talks on the subject have been stymied by New Delhi or failed to produce the desired results on account of the obstinate Indian approach. The unrealistic and vengeful attitude India has towards the Kashmiri populace has kept the cauldron boiling for the last six decades. It has led to three wars between Pakistan and India and continues to be the linchpin that would determine the fate of the region. For any sane person, Kashmir, therefore, is one issue that has to be taken up and resolved urgently and justly but that seems a far-fetched thought to the South Block. In 2015, once again India is back to old irrepressible self, a state from which it has never come out.
With a skewed view of the situation, India just cannot continue to push the Kashmir issue under the carpet on account of the Mumbai attacks or terrorism. The policy to make the relationship between the two countries hostage to terrorism is not working.
India does not take into account the fact that the Kashmir issue is recognized as a disputed territory by the international community. The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) passed a resolution in 1993 in Geneva, proclaiming Kashmir’s accession to India as bogus, null and void. India has never produced the original copy of the Instrument of Accession on an international forum, claiming in 1995, that the original document was lost or stolen. Thus it shows the Maharaja may have never signed an Instrument of Accession with India, which remains a propaganda scam and a myth.
Kashmir is an issue that troubles even noted Indian intellectuals. Not too long ago, speaking at a seminar on Kashmir, organised by the Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of civil society in Srinagar, Arundhati Roy, an Indian writer, had admitted that soon after independence in 1947, India became a “colonizing power”. “Kashmir has never been an internal part of India. It is a historical fact.” She added: “India fought in Nagaland, Manipur, Punjab and Kashmir. It projects itself as the biggest democracy in the world and emerging economic power but at the same time it oppresses its states and the people of diverse cultures.”
Kashmiri leaders and militants are vociferous in their opposition to Indian designs; either they are fighting the Indian troops with boots on the ground or are staunchly ideologically opposed to them.
As the year 2015 moves into its second half, the developments earlier in the year in the valley including wanton killing of political activists and militants, violent strikes, waving of Pakistani flags, aggressive rallies, etc, show the simmering hatred towards the brutal Indian rule.
Undeniably, peace in South Asia is linked to a fair and just solution of the Kashmir issue and the world community should play its role to find out that solution. With several hundred thousand Indian troops present in the valley and hordes of repressive laws being exercised, the Indian government is unwilling to admit that terror tactics do not deliver. The argument is simple and enduring; Kashmir cannot be fixed through tough measures bristling with repressive tactics.