Our Obama moment

C. Raja Mohan Tags : David Miliband’s remarks on Jammu and Kashmir Posted: Tuesday , Jan 20, 2009 at 1720 hrs

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It will be a pity if India does not grasp this historic opportunity because its leaders lack either the self-assurance or the strategic imagination to leverage Obama’s South Asia initiative.

The writer is a professor at the S. Rajaratnam School of

International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore express@expressindia.com

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SAF ZoneBy: Suresh | 27-Jan-2009 Reply | Forward Lets build a SAF zone (South Asian Federation), just like Euro zone, free movement of people and goods. Then it doesnt matter if Kashmir is with India or Pakistan

Our Obama momentBy: Jithesh Panicker | 21-Jan-2009 Reply | Forward The columnist are going overboard with the mood of the moment. Change will not happen in a few day . This is because of the nature or the DNA of the two nation theory we cannot just wish it away. There is no permanent solution to the Kashmir issue. The only probability is to accept the current LOC as a border other than that other solutions will not be possible . When Benazir came to power Rajiv Gandhi was the PM both were riding popular waves of support but the situation never improved so to expect that some thing incredible is going to happen is like hoping for a miracle .So your expectation that Obama will help resolve or mitigate the Kashmir issue is like seeking a miracle from a soothsayer . Soon after the initial high we will all be left with a terrible Obama hangover. So lets be defensive but also know when we can go on the offense.

US, India, Pak, POK and Kashmir valleyBy: Mark | 20-Jan-2009 Reply | Forward Good forward looking article. Since election of Obama, different think tanks in US are asking India to help decide future of Pakistan. India is not confident that it can handle the responsibility and the leadership it will need to show. We are nation of cowards. What india should say is that, all along the conflict is painted as struggle of kashmiri people. Kashmiri people need to come together. ok let us take that argument further. Pakistan forcibly occupied parts of kashmir. Hand ove all of the kashmir to India. Let us separate Jummu and Ladakh from kasmir valley and make it an integral state of India just like any other state. Combined kashmir should be given more autonomy but will still be ruled by india. Much like Puerto Rico is to USA. After 40 years, let us have lections on whether people want to stay as they are, become independent state, merge with Pak or merge with india. let the political process begin now.

Obama can't be trustedBy: pm317 | 20-Jan-2009 Reply | Forward Having watched the US primary campaign and studied in close detail what Obama did to win this election, I would not trust him on anything. He is a wimp and an appeaser, appeasing the left and the right whenever it works for him and right now his focus is to get Pakistan in line with what he wants to do in Afghanistan. Pakistan is using Kashmir as a distraction and Obama is falling into the same trap as did other US administrations. India does well to be cautious. I can understand their slowness in giving this man their trust of whom we don't know anything about, even the US people who voted for him. If he can get Pakistan to stop supporting terrorist organization and their terror activities, then maybe something can be done to resolve Kashmir issue. You don't negotiate with states who use terrorists to air their political grievance.

Our Obama MomentBy: Lokesh | 20-Jan-2009 Reply | Forward If US wants, 100,000 Indian troops can join US in afghanistan to finish off taliban. IN return, Kashmir dispute can be settled with kashmir remaining with India in its present form.

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