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Stubborn or Persistent? Will India ever make nice with Pakistan?

If Pakistan is indeed in the wrong here, why doesn't India make a fuss about Kashmir as much as Pakistan does? Why are they happy if Kashmir stays unresolved?

So if India made as much fuss as Pakistan, would that make both countries equally right or wrong on kashmir?

I do not expect any logical arguments on kashmir from pakistanis, but this is a new one @Bang Galore
 
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The Kashmir issue is at the core ideology of both nations.

You ask why India does not make as much noise about Kashmir as Pak does? Simple - not only is India the status quo power but Pak has always been in the Western camp - India was in the Soviet camp - hence India never had to launch an appeal to the western powers.
 
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Not entirely true. Yes, the article quotes NS's "failure".. two aspects are mentioned primarily. F-16s, and US' support for resolution on Kashmir.. The visit is dubbed failure with regards to those two aspects by the Indian media. It's Indian joy in Paksitan's alleged failure that is discussed especially in reference to Kashmir. Which turns right back into whether India is happy with the current relationship with Pakistan, cuz Pakistan certainly isn't.. And hence the question.. Will India make nice? Ever? The current situation is anything but!

So stubborn India then?

If Pakistan is indeed in the wrong here, why doesn't India make a fuss about Kashmir as much as Pakistan does? Why are they happy if Kashmir stays unresolved?

People don't do things where they see no value. Most Indians ask: what is for India in peace with Pakistan? Pakistan may argue that in peace both India and Pakistan may use resources to alleviate poverty that instead are being used for defense. But Pakistan fails to understand that Pakistan or no Pakistan, India will continue to spend on defense as India wants to be considered global military might.
 
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Not entirely true. Yes, the article quotes NS's "failure".. two aspects are mentioned primarily. F-16s, and US' support for resolution on Kashmir.. The visit is dubbed failure with regards to those two aspects by the Indian media. It's Indian joy in Paksitan's alleged failure that is discussed especially in reference to Kashmir. Which turns right back into whether India is happy with the current relationship with Pakistan, cuz Pakistan certainly isn't.. And hence the question.. Will India make nice? Ever? The current situation is anything but!

I see your point.

Quite truthfully India is indifferent to the relationship.

It really does not matter - not anymore. Kashmir is not going anywhere anytime. Both of us need to live with it.

Of course India will make nice so long as India is accepted & respected just as Pakistan too would like to be accepted & respected.
 
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So what is it? Is it persistent or is it stubborn? Why the joy over failure to resolve Kashmir for over 6 decades? Kashmir is an independent issue - independent from terrorism or hatred or blame games.. Its a longstanding issue.. Wars have been fought over it. What more does it need? Find an articulately written piece attached below.

Stubborn India – Will they ever make Nice with Pakistan? | Today in Pakistan
Simple to understand
Pakistan wants talks on Kashmir, wants it solved. Unless it is solved does not want to cooperate with India.
India does not want talks unless Pakistan make some progress on 26/11.
Pakistan says if you do not talk we will support Jihadist etc.

Whats there to talk then?
 
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they'll never be peace between india and pak even if the issue of kashmir was resolved, the history of violence against each other, and the intensity in nationalism on both sides will prevent any major reconciliation. there are too many hardliners in india whos political point is how evil the muslims in pakistan are, they make pakistan to be the boogeyman as a selling point, the same is true in pakistan.
 
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So what is it? Is it persistent or is it stubborn? Why the joy over failure to resolve Kashmir for over 6 decades? Kashmir is an independent issue - independent from terrorism or hatred or blame games.. Its a longstanding issue.. Wars have been fought over it. What more does it need? Find an articulately written piece attached below.

Stubborn India – Will they ever make Nice with Pakistan? | Today in Pakistan

Ok let's see what is happening :

Who gains from enmity :-

What India gains? Nothing!!! Super power aspirations means more peaceful environment is needed to grow economically. So over all strategy would be peace and prosperity with all neighbors. This was evident in our independent history. Just replace US or Israel or even UK or Japan in place of India and what would be their actions against Pakistan? A neighbor who inflicting terrorists and indulge in all sort of things which could destabilize a nation. By now all these nations I mentioned above would have indulged in War to Death strategy. But India kept quite still it breached the limit and history is our judge as we all know what happened when we strikes back.

What Pakistan gain? Anything and everything!!! Pakistan is a nation which United as one with Anti Hindu anti India paranoia!!! Isn't it? I recall a time when West (Rome) got United as one with Christianity. Funny that many people don't know that Holy Bible is a creation of few men who never knew about Jesus christ as holy Bible text was written after 400 years. 400AD.

In this case instead of religion it's Anti India and Anti Hindu rhetoric!!! Very old strategy which don't have any relevant in today's world. As you might know today there are largest Muslims community living in India than in Pakistan without any secretarian war like in Pakistan. Pakistan has been and will be want to be at warmongering with India for ever. Many things goes along with it. Like unity in the country! Certain organizations get unaccounted money! Many freebies from foreign countries who want to see India bleeding! Much much more.

If Pakistan stopped training terrorists and infiltration India and Pakistan could be at good understanding isn't it? Kashmir is just a catalyst to this dirty game of Pakistan. So if Kashmir is resolved will Pakistan dare stop Anti India proxies and anti India strategy?

Answer would be No and NEVER . Wonder how long this already burned out strategy would work and help Pakistan. India should be doing what it has been doing for the past 1 year. Just ignore and isolate Pakistan. Switch focus on China so China will understand what a waste it could be to flood it's money into Pakistan. If war happens India can defeat Pakistan and has stomach to escalate to any level including Nuclear warfare.
 
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There is little motivation to solve Kashmir. If it was solved in favor of Pákistan, you would simply turn around in a few years and ask for Delhi, next Agra, next Lucknow. What you want is the whole of India as a dhimmi state -where is the benefit for us in that?
 
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There is little motivation to solve Kashmir. If it was solved in favor of Pákistan, you would simply turn around in a few years and ask for Delhi, next Agra, next Lucknow. What you want is the whole of India as a dhimmi state -where is the benefit for us in that?
That's stretching it a notch man.. Pakistan is so not looking to do any of that. That's way far-fetched.

So if India made as much fuss as Pakistan, would that make both countries equally right or wrong on kashmir?

I do not expect any logical arguments on kashmir from pakistanis, but this is a new one @Bang Galore
It's not about equally right or wrong. It's all about concerned. India, is not concerned with resolving Kashmir, Pakistan is. The noise merely implies who's bothered by the issue, and Pakistan sure is. We present arguments to the world on Kashmir, India should do the same. There is absolutely no way that Kashmir is getting resolved if the commitment is only one-sided. It just shows India is committed to work for a resolution. That's all.

People don't do things where they see no value. Most Indians ask: what is for India in peace with Pakistan? Pakistan may argue that in peace both India and Pakistan may use resources to alleviate poverty that instead are being used for defense. But Pakistan fails to understand that Pakistan or no Pakistan, India will continue to spend on defense as India wants to be considered global military might.
We don't really care how powerful India is, or concerned about her military might as long as their is iron-clad peace. It is because you guys succeeded in making a nuclear weapon that Pakistan started working one. As far as military is concerned, whether or not one wants to be a super power or whatever is irrelevant. You make peace with the entire world, even still you would need weapons. As long as India is getting powerful, Pakistan is doing whatever it can to match that. That still is irrelevant. As long as there is peace, we don't care about he military might. What's in it for India if Kashmir is resolved? Really? If Kashmir is resolved, the two neighbors can work together and give peace a greater shot.. That means absolutely nothing to you then?

I see your point.

Quite truthfully India is indifferent to the relationship.

It really does not matter - not anymore. Kashmir is not going anywhere anytime. Both of us need to live with it.

Of course India will make nice so long as India is accepted & respected just as Pakistan too would like to be accepted & respected.
I agree with that.. Kashmir doesn't have to go anywhere... Oppression and violence just needs to stop. Surely there is something the two countries could work out inni?

Ok let's see what is happening :

Who gains from enmity :-

What India gains? Nothing!!! Super power aspirations means more peaceful environment is needed to grow economically. So over all strategy would be peace and prosperity with all neighbors. This was evident in our independent history. Just replace US or Israel or even UK or Japan in place of India and what would be their actions against Pakistan? A neighbor who inflicting terrorists and indulge in all sort of things which could destabilize a nation. By now all these nations I mentioned above would have indulged in War to Death strategy. But India kept quite still it breached the limit and history is our judge as we all know what happened when we strikes back.

What Pakistan gain? Anything and everything!!! Pakistan is a nation which United as one with Anti Hindu anti India paranoia!!! Isn't it? I recall a time when West (Rome) got United as one with Christianity. Funny that many people don't know that Holy Bible is a creation of few men who never knew about Jesus christ as holy Bible text was written after 400 years. 400AD.

In this case instead of religion it's Anti India and Anti Hindu rhetoric!!! Very old strategy which don't have any relevant in today's world. As you might know today there are largest Muslims community living in India than in Pakistan without any secretarian war like in Pakistan. Pakistan has been and will be want to be at warmongering with India for ever. Many things goes along with it. Like unity in the country! Certain organizations get unaccounted money! Many freebies from foreign countries who want to see India bleeding! Much much more.

If Pakistan stopped training terrorists and infiltration India and Pakistan could be at good understanding isn't it? Kashmir is just a catalyst to this dirty game of Pakistan. So if Kashmir is resolved will Pakistan dare stop Anti India proxies and anti India strategy?

Answer would be No and NEVER . Wonder how long this already burned out strategy would work and help Pakistan. India should be doing what it has been doing for the past 1 year. Just ignore and isolate Pakistan. Switch focus on China so China will understand what a waste it could be to flood it's money into Pakistan. If war happens India can defeat Pakistan and has stomach to escalate to any level including Nuclear warfare.
Hmmm... It would seem that all you guys have firm belief that Pakistan is breeding terrorists. Funny how we are also the ones to suffer at their hands and then spend billions of rupees to actually get rid of them.. All that for an alleged proxy war against India which really isn't doing much good to Pakistan in the first place.

I like how you say, if war happens. You know it is really easy to say stuff like that.. If war happens, it's not about who wins or loses. It's about the countless deaths that would happen on both sides, most of them of people who have absolutely no idea as to the whys, the whats, and the hows.. Oh well... that was a one-sided analysis you provided though.
 
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So what is it? Is it persistent or is it stubborn? Why the joy over failure to resolve Kashmir for over 6 decades? Kashmir is an independent issue - independent from terrorism or hatred or blame games.. Its a longstanding issue.. Wars have been fought over it. What more does it need? Find an articulately written piece attached below.

Stubborn India – Will they ever make Nice with Pakistan? | Today in Pakistan

I just saw this post and read the attached article. What merit does the article have? It is a one-sided tendentious peace and has no references to the facts apart from the facts relating to Pakistan publicising the situation as a dispute, and as something that they are interested in solving to their own satisfaction. So how does that affect India, and why should India, or Indians, be bothered by these self-serving manoeuvres?
 
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I agree with that.. Kashmir doesn't have to go anywhere... Oppression and violence just needs to stop. Surely there is something the two countries could work out inni?

Acceptance.

This is the key & its lacking big time. Pak has to stop aspiring for Kashmir because as I said its going no where .

Its concerns for assured water can be cemented.


Hmmm... It would seem that all you guys have firm belief that Pakistan is breeding terrorists. Funny how we are also the ones to suffer at their hands and then spend billions of rupees to actually get rid of them.. All that for an alleged proxy war against India which really isn't doing much good to Pakistan in the first place.

Yes. Like it or not Pakistan is breeding terrorists .

It has used them to further their interests in Af. Thereafter , unwisely applied the same formula in J&K. This has backfired locally, internally & internationally.

The injuries it suffers are entirely self inflicted. The 1st step in resolving an issue is to accept it exists.

Despite what it suffers Pak still clings to them for two reasons . 1- It still hopes things will happen in its favour . 32. Having spawned them aplenty , they are not in control anymore of the ISI . The demon has a mind & agenda of its own which is not inPak interests & Pak can do nothing about it.

Two centers of authority in Pak only make it worse. Instead of lamenting Pak needs to do something about them if it can.

I like how you say, if war happens. You know it is really easy to say stuff like that.. If war happens, it's not about who wins or loses. It's about the countless deaths that would happen on both sides, most of them of people who have absolutely no idea as to the whys, the whats, and the hows.. Oh well... that was a one-sided analysis you provided though.

No one wins in a war. all sides lose.

They loose people, opportunities, goodwill & money.
 
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No no, it's not a failure for India.. The article suggests that India enjoys Pakistan's failure in trying to resolve Kashmir or asking for foreign in help in doing so.

And lol.. Nobody needs to get annihilated man.

Probably accurate, although to term it as "India" enjoying Pakistan's failure is covering an awful lot of territory. It might be accurate to say that some people in the foreign service, some more people in media and perhaps a handful in political service are quite pleased that Pakistan has got nowhere.

Well, If Kashmir was not occupied from the very beginning, things would probably have been better at this point.

If you make unfounded statements like that, you expect a discussion?

So, India doesn't resolve Kashmir and is committed to have it under their control presuming that it's a credible threat? Well, that's not logical. Credible threat based on a few theories that really are an inkling of atrocities that India herself commits within the region?

Don't understand what you mean. Most of what is reported in Pakistan is a concoction to feed your own public and satisfy your own cravings for sensational news from Kashmir.

Why not just have proper elections there and let the people decide how they want to live; with India, Pakistan, or independent of both? How is that a bad idea?

It's not a bad idea.

We've been having proper elections there for fifty years now.

Then you can't question Pakistani journalists either.

Oh yes, we can. Why do they keep talking about Kashmir when India isn't interested in the topic?l
 
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So what is it? Is it persistent or is it stubborn? Why the joy over failure to resolve Kashmir for over 6 decades? Kashmir is an independent issue - independent from terrorism or hatred or blame games.. Its a longstanding issue.. Wars have been fought over it. What more does it need? Find an articulately written piece attached below.

Stubborn India – Will they ever make Nice with Pakistan? | Today in Pakistan


Dude... Look inside Pakistan... you guys start feeding anti India anti Hindu sentiments in your kids from the third grade .. Almost 3 generations of Pakistanis have grown up reading anti India propaganda.. you guys believe t the core that we are your enemy... you call out in the open that we are your enemies... now after all this.. if India starts behaving like an enemy.. you guys have a problem with that. you guys need to decide what you want.
 
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Dude... Look inside Pakistan... you guys start feeding anti India anti Hindu sentiments in your kids from the third grade .. Almost 3 generations of Pakistanis have grown up reading anti India propaganda.. you guys believe t the core that we are your enemy... you call out in the open that we are your enemies... now after all this.. if India starts behaving like an enemy.. you guys have a problem with that. you guys need to decide what you want.
Which is okay. They have decided and have consistently followed their policy for decades. This is their policy and we should respect their right to do so.
 
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@Joe Shearer

On a related note what is your opinion on :
India-Pakistan
1) cultural & people to people exchanges
2) Cricket

I think that the first should be encouraged & allowed but in the second, I'm inclined to go with Ramachandra Guha's argument that India-Pak cricket only creates more bad blood and must not be pushed for now.
 
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