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J&K: Dispute without end

Book review of Destined to Fight? India and Pakistan (1990-2017)

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C P Bhambhri
Destined to Fight? India and Pakistan (1990-2017)  
Swagato Ganguly
Times Group Books
360 pages; Rs 499

The partition of countries does not solve any problems. On the contrary, many difficult unfinished tasks are left for post-partition successor governments. Like other countries, partitioned India is still struggling to resolve its dispute with Pakistan over Jammu & Kashmir (J&K). The essays in Destined to Fight highlight this tragic truth. 

Swagato Ganguly, the editor of this volume, has observed that 87 articles of this volume “represent a moving snapshot of India-Pakistan relations over a quarter century beginning with 1990s”. Readers of