I agree with Mr. Swminathan Aiyer on his editorial article in one of the edition of Times of India last week. Indian govt promised plebiscite 6 decades ago. Let’s go for plebiscite this time across J&K, POK and Ladakh. Obviously, we should include POK as well to go for Plebiscite. Most likely Jammu and Ladakh will opt for Union with India whereas POK and Kashmir may look for free nation or Union with Pakistan. Lets respect the sentiments of majority of people living there. We Indians fought for our freedom for > 3 centuries in the same manner the way Kashmiris are doing. Indian govt are acting in same manner as British govt in past. All across world, new states and nations are being created just to go with local sentiments on freedom. But we should make it very clear post plebiscite that we will not tolerate any terrorism or interference from free nation or Pakistan. No support will be provided by Indian government. 

What is wrong if Ms. Arundhati Roy (Booker prize winner for “God of Small Thing“) is also requesting freedom for Kashmir? It’s not the end of world for India. 

If you go six decades back during India-Pakistan partition, king of Junagarh (Muslim King for majority of Hindu population) wanted to go with Pakistan but Sardar Ballabh bhai Patel threatened to invade his state and took Junagarh forcibly. Similarly, Pakistan invaded Kashmir as and when King Hari singh of Kashmir (Hindu king for majority of Muslim population) declared Jammu & Kashmir as separate nation. If one sees from this point of view then invasion from Pakistan in 1947 doesn’t come under unwanted aggression. UN mediated and called for ceasefire between India and Pakistan but no territory was given back by either side. Because of all this, it’s only people of Jammu & Kashmir, who suffered because of unwanted separation of this beautiful state. It is also known to everyone that Kashmir can not survive as separate state for long. If Kashmir unites with Pakistan then also condition of Kashmiris will not improve but deteriorate given the condition of Pakistan today. 

I am also aware that separation is not the only solution for all these problems. This is also possible that once we give freedom to Kashmir then Assam, Nagaland and may be Punjab also follows the Kashmiri’s way of movement to get separate state. Ideally government should first take the initiative to seed the trust among local communities and then listen, understand their problem. Development should be the only mantra for government to make sure that Kashmiri community connects with whole nation. 

Another option would be to carve three separate state for Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh. This will alienate terrorist as they can not do terrorism activity in Jammu and Ladakh region for their so called ’freedom struggle’.

 Let’s open the debate.