Scene Changes in Kashmir, India, and Pakistan

The book presents here a comprehensive overview of the changes that have taken place in the past few years and explains the opportunities they have opened up for future progress, while also flagging the pitfalls which both countries, the state, and interested third parties must avoid if South Asia is to be freed of the one of the heaviest burdens that lie upon it. About The Author:- Pran Chopra, has been Chief News Editor, All India Radio, War Correspondent for AIR in China, Vietnam, and elsewhere in South-East Asia, Guest Commentator with the United Nations, Resident Editor of The Statesman in Delhi and then Deputy Editor and Chief Editor of The Statesman group in Delhi and Calcutta, Editorial Director of the Press Foundation of Asia, and Visiting Professor at the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, where he is now Member of the Advisory Council. Contents:- CONTENTS:- # Introduction : Part I: Still frames : Introduction : Pakistan Loses a Strategic Advantage : Changing Perspectives on Kashmir : Assessment : Part II : The Moving Picture : "Return to Lahore, But Carefully" : Soul Searching in Pakistan : Tragedy and Response : A Pregnant Pause : A Creditable Election : 13. 12 After Six Months : Living With His Lies : Aims, Gains, and Traps in Kashmir : Dividing Kashmir? Cross-roads in Kashmir : "Cease-fire" with Teeth : Hurriyat in a Changing Role : Jehad, Illusions and Lakshman : Hizbul's Reasons and Prospects : Hope and Despair in Kashmir : Changes in Kashmir : This Haste Will Haunt Us : Returning to Lahore : Part III: Surrounding Scenarios : Introduction : India, Pakistan and the SAARC Debate : India, America, and Terrorism : Beyond Clones of Osamas : The Other Battle for Kaul : The Visit ands After : What Can November 7 Mean for India? : The Muslim Cause : Appendices : The Lahore Declaration : Joint Statement : Memorandum of Understanding : 1997 Indian-Pakistani Foreign Secretary-level Talks : Index The Title 'Scene Changes in Kashmir, India and Pakistan writte