What Really is the Kashmir Issue?
What is Kashmir issue? A lot of confusion surrounds this basic question. Quite often, we come across the statements that Kashmir problem is not a border dispute between two states, it is the question of the basic right of self-determination of seventeen million Kashmiri people. This statement typifies the confusion: it states the fact, while betraying the truth in a very fundamental sense. Mere self-determination is not what Kashmir issue is all about; it may find expression in those words, but in meaning and essence there is something deeper and more profound to it.
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