Towards
Understanding the Kashmir Crisis/edited by Shri Prakash and Ghulam Mohammad
Shah. New Delhi, Gyan, 2002, 278 p., tables, $39.
ISBN
81-212-0778-9.Towards
Understanding the Kashmir Crisis/edited by Shri Prakash and Ghulam Mohammad
Shah. New Delhi, Gyan, 2002, 278 p., tables, $39.
ISBN
81-212-0778-9.
Contents: Foreword. Introduction. 1. Geographical setting of Kashmir Valley/ Majid Husain. 2. Reflections on Kashmir nationalism/Mohammad Ishaq Khan. 3. Origins and dimensions of crisis in Kashmir/Noor Ahmad Baba. 4. Kashmir at Perennial crossroads/Nayana Bose. 5. Human rights violations: a report/Kamal Mitra Chenoy. 6. The Kashmir issue today and during the formative years of the Indian states system/Shri Prakash. 7. Kashmir made an intractable problem by our successive governments/R.M. Pal. 8. Understanding the Kashmir problem: the beginning of the present phase/Balraj Puri. 9. The regional dimension of the political crisis/G.M. Shah. 10. Ethnic identities and political deadlock/Hari Om. 11. Problems of power sector development/Dost Mohammad and A.S. Bhat. 12. Democratic decentralization:--past, present and future/M.S. Bhatt. 13. Peace through autonomy and reconciliation/Aijaz Ahmad. 14. Agenda for peace/Kshitij Prabha. 15. "Kashmir": is peace possible?/Ashgar Ali Engineer. 16. Kashmir autonomy: national conference perspective/G.M. Wani. Index,
"The Kashmir issue raises many questions which solicit answers on an urgent basis. It has since 1947 fostered violence on numerous occasions leading to wars between India and Pakistan, social tensions within the region, and differences between the state and the central governments on issues relating to division of powers. Seventeen experts have in the present anthology, shed light on various facets of the Kashmir imbroglio. They have proposed many strategies to resolve the conflict in Kashmir. Whether these will help India and Pakistan to defuse the existing tension in the future, remains to be seen. That, in any case, is the intention with which these pages are being published and hopefully will be read by all those interested in the seemingly intractable Kashmir problem. " (jacket)