The conflict in Kashmir is very complicated. If we refrain from including notions like democracy, religion, tradition etc in our discussions we will never be able to achieve a deeper analyse of the problems.
I also have a feeling that Indians wish to avoid discussing Indian and Chinese separatisms in the same thread. Because it will be just too obvious that what they criticize about China is what they defend when it concerns India.
Not correct.
One can discuss the issue and there is no harm in discussing.
However, the Holier than Thou attitude rankles!
And those who wish to comment should have some background knowledge and not just shoot off the mouth for the sake of appearing very knowledgeable!!
And more so the Chinese, who have no clue about democracy and its working and instead mouth mealy mouth pious platitudes and homilies that have no connection with reality of a democratic nation!!
Kashmir is not a complicated issue at all. It is just that the British wherever were their colonies or UN mandated territories, they have left bones of contention every where.
A democratic nation is all about democracy, religion, tradition, nationalism, sub nationalism, secularism etc.
Without such things a democracy would be a totalitarian state like China, where what the govt says is the last word and no more!
BTW how many languages, religion, ethnicities does Sweden have.
Are you aware how many India has?
And still we exist as one Nation!
Pakistan has one religion and those not of that religion are also subjected to the Sharia. That is not so in India.
Inspite of one religion, they cannot exist in harmony. There is regular Shia Sunni massacres even though it is one religion. India has so many and yet we exist. Of course, we do have our riots, but then there are many religions, sub national groups and so on where the differences are vast unlike Pakistan or even China.
China tolerates no distinctiveness at all! Lookat the fate of Tibetans and the Uighurs!
