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‘Indo-Pak relationship veers around the peaceful settlement of the Kashmir issue.’ Critically evaluate various alternatives for its solution.

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  • India and South Asia

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Kashmir is the territorial expression of a deeper quarrel over two founding ideas. For Pakistan, a Muslim-majority region is the unfinished business of the two-nation theory. For India, it is proof of its secular, plural nationhood. The statement is half true: no normalisation is possible without a Kashmir understanding, but settling Kashmir alone would not…

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