The Kashmir issue raises many questions which solicit answers on an urgent basis. It has since 1947 fostered violence on numerous occasions leading to wars between India and Pakistan, social tensions within the region, and differences between the state and the central governments on issues relating to division of powers. Seventeen experts have in the present anthology, shed light on various facets of the Kashmir imbroglio. They have proposed many strategies to resolve the conflict in Kashmir. Whether these will help India and Pakistan to defuse the existing tension in the future, remains to be seen. That, in any case, is the intention with which these pages are being published and hopefully will be read by all those interested in the seemingly intractable Kashmir problem.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ghulam Mohammad Shah
Ghulam Mohammad Shah, lecturer at the Academy of Third World Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, has been educated at the University of Kashmir, Srinagar. He has published widely on the political geography of Kashmir and Central Asia.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Shri Prakash
Shri Prakash is currently Professor, Academy of Third World Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia. He completed his M.Phil. at. JNU and Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge. He has worked on various peace and development issues concerning Third World countries. He has edited a number of books, the most recent of which are Towards Understanding the Kashmir Crrisis, and insights into Indian Polity, 1971-1994 (2 vols.); he has also published numerous papers in international journals and in various books on a range of contemporary issues.
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