Master of restraint
A review of book by an Indian diplomat
One of the major reasons why some high ups and important people are so much against Nawaz Sharief is his India policy which is in the larger interests of Pakistan yet here you will read about an indian diplomat cum politician.He registered his reservation regarding Simla Accord, showed his anger against Bhutto, but like a loyalist of Gandhi dynasty did not criticise Indira, “The Simla Agreement, signed on 2 July 1972, continues to haunt us.”
His candid answer was one which I have not forgotten to this day: ‘Never say that we are the same people. We are not. If we were, then why did we part company in 1947?’ Throughout my stay in Pakistan, I kept his advice in mind.”
For him, Kashmir is a simple issue about a piece of land only. For a politician it is a question of more than 20 million people (more than 75 per cent Muslims, 21per cent Hindus and the rest Sikhs and Buddhists) who are still living in a state of confusion. If we need democracy, peace and freedom for India and Pakistan, why can’t we do so for the people of Jammu and Kashmir? Instead of restraining power, one should support political solutions.
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