Kashmir - Is it worth it

Kashmir is a wonderful place. I have seen it with my eyes and there is no doubt that if there is paradise on earth- it is Kashmir..

Whats wrong i wonder. Some 50 percent of the population of Kashmir- within LOC voted some 2 years back and elected a government under the Indian sovereign. And they have been doing that over and over for the last 20 years or so since the insurgency began. It just proves one thing that there are many "Kashmiris" who believe they are Indian. But i also know that there a lot of seperatists who identify themselves with Pakistan and either want to go to Pakistan or form a separate country. The third dimension are the people who were the erstwhile Hindu minority who lived there but forcibly moved out to make way for a Kashmiri movement. Now their claim is about the land- "Kashmir". But Do the people really have a voice in all of this?

Now whats the Kashmiri problem? During the partition, Kashmir was a unique case where the Hindu head of a muslim majority state apparently opted to remain with India. Now that Kashmir of the 1950s has been since bifurcated into 3 regions. One which is Pakistan Occupied, One which is Indian occupied and one which is China occupied(apparently gifted by Pakistan).

India is probably the only world country which runs to other countries to solve its problems. China has dealt with Tibet strongly in the past. So has Israel with innumerable attacks in the middle east. UK has dealt with a rogue Irish state. All three are examples of how a country has successfully dealt with rogue elements with an iron hand. India has done it as well when dealing with insurgency with Punjab. Agreed that all this has been without dealing with a foriegn hand . ie. Pakistan in our case. But considering that Pakistan is in a shoddy state of affairs by itself, doesnt it feel ripe that its time to act and deal with the situation NOW.

This is seriously a situation that demands an iron hand maneovering. License the indian army to cleaning up Kashmir rather than take off its priveleges (ASPA). The solution is apparent in my eyes. Make LOC the border. Ask the people to choose where they want to go, India or Pakistan and solve the issue once and for all. The people in indian kashmir who want to move should be allowed to relocate once and for all. Peace isnt a byproduct of inaction but definitely a product of stern action.

It burns me from within when more rampant issues affecting the rest 95% of the country like inflation and education are left to inaction while the majority of the time is spent on trying to talk to separatists and hear their grievances while they spread hatred and burn the indian flag in the streets of Srinagar. It certainly isnt worth my tax payers money to spend on infrastructure that anti nationals would just burn down. Ask them to go to Pakistan instead if they so desire.