Hope for Kashmir....

64 years, and a lot has been spoke on Kashmir.It "ownership" has been debated with passionate arguments by the suitors. Each views his right paramount with a parallaxed perception. There is a legal angle and a religious angle and another nationalistic angle,none of which represent the broad spectrum truth. At the end it is geopolitics coated in a sugar candy.

I will not get into a debate that whom does Kashmir belongs to. i have a blunt answer to this question , that we owe it to our future generations. i would like to draw focus on the stark realities which underline the egos.

Pakistan is justified for calculating water scarcity threat if Kashmir is lost. India can not jeopardize its existence by letting Pakistan established land bridge with China. Torn between the geopolitical sparring of the step brothers, Kashmir demand of self determination assumes weight. What emerges pronounced by this debate is underlying Trust Deficit.

Time has come for Kashmir to take a new turn.  To prepare the ground of reconciliation of long lost brothers. Kashmir is the common heritage of South Asian landmass. It is the fountainhead of our culture and existence.I am a firm believer that it is Kashmir that will lead the path of Indo- Pak rapprochement. 

It has to began with an act of faith.A common water sharing mechanism in which Indian Investment, Pakistani Support and Kashmiri potential is harnessed into a success story. Pakistan gets water, India gets water and Kashmir gets revenue.This will naturally result in dissolution of the LoC ( line of Conflict). A joint Disaster Management and Environment Preservation Authority could also be formulate.

Once the ice has been broken next natural step will be reintegration of Integrated Kashmir Assembly, with representation from Gilgit Baltistan, Laddakh,Kashmir and Jammu. Initially this could be over and above the existing system ,and could look after neutral subjects such as culture, education and Medical system.The scope of this assembly can be enlarged later.

This in place will serve as strong foundation for the growth of integrated South Asia. 

The end state is an integrated South Asia, with common defense and economy.

i am a belver it will happen before 2047. Keep your fingers crossed.