On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 8:10 PM, Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Think the Unthinkable > Counterpoint | Vir Sanghvi > August 16, 2008 > > The exception to this trend has been Kashmir. Contrary to what many > Kashmiris claim, we have tried everything. Even today, the state enjoys a > special status. Under Article 370 of our Constitution, with the exception of > defence, foreign policy, and communication, no law enacted by parliament has > any legitimacy in Kashmir unless the state government gives its consent. The ... > Then, there is the money. Bihar gets per capita central assistance of Rs 876 > per year. Kashmir gets over ten times more: Rs 9,754 per year. While in > Bihar and other states, this assistance is mainly in the forms of loans to > the state, in Kashmir 90 per cent is an outright grant. Kashmir's entire ...
I have nothing intelligent to add to this thread. Both Singhvi's and Aiyar's articles quoted in this thread talk about the perceived ingratitude of the Kashmiris. It oddly echoes the feeling the Han Chinese have of being slapped on the face by the ungrateful Tibetan protesters. S. -- "I saw this in a movie about a bus that had to SPEED around a city, keeping its SPEED over fifty, and if its SPEED dropped, it would explode. I think it was called, 'The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down'." -- Homer J. Simpson
