Sovereignty conflicts like Kashmir in
which several international agents claim sovereign rights for different reasons
over the same piece of land have a particular feature: their solution seems to
require a mutually exclusive relation amongst the agents because it is thought
that the sovereignty over the third territory can be granted to only one of
them. Indeed, sovereignty is often regarded as an absolute concept (that is to
say, exclusive, and not shareable).
Kashmir
is a clear example of a zero sum game, with many negative outcomes of different
sorts (e.g. social struggle, bad governance, inefficient exploitation of
natural resources, tension in international relations, and threat to local and
international peace). Thus, while these conflicts are in principle confined to
specific areas and start with negative consequences primarily for the local
population, they tend quickly to expand to the regional and—even—the
international level (e.g. effects on international price of oil, arms
trafficking, terrorism, war). There are many issues at stake domestically and
internationally.
Only to have a glimpse, today’s posts
included below articles from the media covering this territorial dispute. In
all cases, although these sovereignty conflict has been and is object of study
of many sciences—law, political sciences, international relations, only to name
a few—these sciences do not share their developments and both different
approaches and different languages were applied. Indeed, although multi and
inter-disciplinary studies are promoted in speeches everywhere, it is more a
nominal aim rather than an actual reality.
I
realised that the answer was very simple. Some problems are never solved
because most look for more problems, problems within a problem, or just simply
give up or are so self-centred they think that problem will not affect them and
hence, why would they even think about it. Ergo, the answer came to me: some
problems like Kashmir are never solved because people (or their representatives)
do not look for a solution.
“[…] Both New Delhi and Kashmir Valley now
deal with the stereotypes of each other than the complex realities as they
exist on the ground. But this needs to change. And it is incumbent on the media
to present a correct picture of the state as for the union government to get
serious about the situation in the state […]”
Complete article at:
On
their territories profile’s section, BBC informs us about Kashmir:
“[…] Since India's partition and the
creation of Pakistan in 1947, the nuclear-armed neighbours have fought two wars
over the Muslim-majority territory, which both claim in full but control in
part.
Today it remains one of the most militarised zones
in the world. China administers parts of the territory […]”
Complete
article at:
Dr Nitasha Kaul, a Kashmiri novelist and an
academic based in London, writes:
“[…]
There is a widening chasm between the narratives, especially of Kashmiri Hindus
(Kashmiri Pandits) and Kashmiri Muslims, that serve the purpose of Hindutva
ideologues in power in India, pro-India Kashmiri politicians in Srinagar, and
strategic interests of Pakistan.
The
tearing apart of any pan-Kashmiri identity along communal lines has been
neither natural nor inevitable. It has been engineered over time to serve a
whole array of vested interests relating to electoral advantage, weaponry, war,
militarisation, tourism and media that gain significantly from the
indifference, ignorance, vengeance, resentment and domination of divided Kashmiri
communities […]”
“[…]What
else, but truths and reconciliations, recognition of the pain and suffering of
each other as Kashmiris, solidarity and creation of processes to speak to each
other in order to realise a future of peace and freedom, multiplying the
representation of voices within a framework of trustworthy mediated dialogue,
honouring of principles of human rights and self-determination, move towards
alternative media that allows for honest understanding of issues in all their
complexity, growing of the voices that speak for justice and humanity, and the
writing of many, many stories that can be heard by those who need to empathise
[…]”
Complete
article at:
In
November 2016 Mirza Waheed writes for The Guardian:
“[…]In the past few weeks, the two nuclear states have,
between them, killed two dozen civilians and injured scores of others in
exchanges of artillery fire across the disputed border – known as the “line of
control” – that divides Kashmir into parts controlled by India and Pakistan
[…]”
“[…] Most shocking of all has been the breaking up of
demonstrations with “non-lethal” pellet ammunition, which has blinded hundreds
of Kashmiri civilians […]”
Complete article at:
More
related recent articles (only a very brief sample) and their weblinks below:
15th March 2018
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