ShahidT
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When disputes are not resolvable by two parties regarding territory or transnational issues, it is often referred to the UN. If and when one party backs out from their promise and refuses to back down from brutal occupation for seven decades, then an out of the box solution, based on logic, compromise and common sense seems to be the only option to avoid all out war and a nuclear wasteland where the subcontinent used to be. Hence, I propose this most reasonable compromise for resolution of IOK.
As we know, the international border based on the radcliffe award tried to incorporate the logic of continuity as well as consideration for majority population of bordering districts. Though this was politicized in certain cases where the logic wasn't followed like Ferozepur, Gurdaspur, Pathankot and Kutch, for the most part rest of the border was done on this basis. This border also roughly approximates the Gurdaspur Kathiawar salient, which separates the Indus basin from ganges watershed. Hence it is a good divider to go by in terms of culture, religion and race, alongside nationality.
In the following maps, the non-straightness of the border is averaged out roughly, almost like a trend line, starting from norhwestern part of rajasthan in thar desert, to Ferozepur. This is the straightest segment of the border near kashmir, which avoids the extreme bulges of kutch and gurdaspur districts. Now if this 'trend line' is continued as it should have been, we realize that the line divides IOK at roughly halfway between hemis national park until chinese border. It also roughly separates the historically muslim majority parts of IOK west of the line from the buddhist/tibetan part to the east of it. With some slight readjustments along the line depending on where ladakhi is predominant as opposed to balti/kashmiri, it will be a just solution.
In case some hindutva starts crying about jammu, read proper history of the region. Jammu city and surrounding villages was overwhelmingly muslim majority before 1947. The dog-ra ruler in collaboration with indian army committed a massacre of muslims of this region of which there are several accounts from respected sources, including european ones. It was no less than a genocide, followed by the prompt shipment of hindus from india by the tyrant and indian authorities to repopulate jammu. Hence, what you see today is artificial slight majority of hindus with over 40 percent muslims and growing. When muslim refugees from jammu are resettled, hindus will have option to live and get along in a muslim majority azad kashmir state, or they can peacefully return back to their original motherland in utter pardesh, bihar or wherever.
As we know, the international border based on the radcliffe award tried to incorporate the logic of continuity as well as consideration for majority population of bordering districts. Though this was politicized in certain cases where the logic wasn't followed like Ferozepur, Gurdaspur, Pathankot and Kutch, for the most part rest of the border was done on this basis. This border also roughly approximates the Gurdaspur Kathiawar salient, which separates the Indus basin from ganges watershed. Hence it is a good divider to go by in terms of culture, religion and race, alongside nationality.
In the following maps, the non-straightness of the border is averaged out roughly, almost like a trend line, starting from norhwestern part of rajasthan in thar desert, to Ferozepur. This is the straightest segment of the border near kashmir, which avoids the extreme bulges of kutch and gurdaspur districts. Now if this 'trend line' is continued as it should have been, we realize that the line divides IOK at roughly halfway between hemis national park until chinese border. It also roughly separates the historically muslim majority parts of IOK west of the line from the buddhist/tibetan part to the east of it. With some slight readjustments along the line depending on where ladakhi is predominant as opposed to balti/kashmiri, it will be a just solution.
In case some hindutva starts crying about jammu, read proper history of the region. Jammu city and surrounding villages was overwhelmingly muslim majority before 1947. The dog-ra ruler in collaboration with indian army committed a massacre of muslims of this region of which there are several accounts from respected sources, including european ones. It was no less than a genocide, followed by the prompt shipment of hindus from india by the tyrant and indian authorities to repopulate jammu. Hence, what you see today is artificial slight majority of hindus with over 40 percent muslims and growing. When muslim refugees from jammu are resettled, hindus will have option to live and get along in a muslim majority azad kashmir state, or they can peacefully return back to their original motherland in utter pardesh, bihar or wherever.
