Kashmir: Condemned by consensus that we need to hold it by force

India has done little to rebut the global accusation inherent in describing the border state as 'Indian-administered' Kashmir

Kashmir has gone back to Governor’s rule again, with the strange experiment between the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ending. “Strange” because it was not clear why they were partners and what they intended to achieve. The coalition was essentially communal or communitarian in nature. It was a joining of some of the Muslim members of legislative Assembly (MLAs) of the Kashmir valley with almost all of the Hindu MLAs from Jammu (which the BJP swept). The partnership intended to reflect the anxieties of these two regions and assuage them. In this,