In response to
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mukto-mona/message/4661

You should also consider the following points.

1. After taking over Kashmir, Govt.of India has rigged elections in
Kashmir time and agains. This means that the Kashmiri people have not
been given the democratic right to self determination.

2. There has been extensive violation of human rights in Kashmir. In
general India armed forces have acted as an occupying force. I think
it is immoral to hold an entire nation by force.

3. The present governing structure of India is feudal, colonial and
fascist. Large parts of rural India are feudal, the Indian Government
has colonially exploited Eastern India (see
http://www.geocities.com/nalinaksha ) and the Indian uniformed forces
have killed their own countrymen without due process in large numbers
(recall the experiences of Assam, Punjab, Kashmir, Naxalites of
Bengal). The sabre rattling in Kashmir is nothing but another
instance
of the facist manifestation.

4. Pakistan and Bangladesh have their own faults and skeletons and
oppressions. Pakistan is a theocratic state that has oppressed its
religious minorities. Bangladesh has also oppressed religious
minorites and had committed ethnic cleansing of Chakmas. The faults
of
Bangladesh and Pakistan cannot be advanced as an argument in favour
of
India.

5. I think every nation has the right to self determination. I don't
know exactly what kind of solutions should be offered for Kashmir,
but
I do know that the patriotic chest beating by Indian Government is no
solution.

6. The hypocracy of the Indian state can be understood by comparing
the case of Junagadh and Kashmir. The Nawab of Junagadh had joined
Pakistan. At that time India said that it should be the peoples wish
and engineered an uprising in Junagadh. In Kashmir however the Indian
stance was opposite.

7.In general I think the Indian constitution should be changed. It is
based on the colonial Govt.of India Act 1935. In the new constitution
we should have a laid down process for secession should a region or a
distinct people in a contiguous geographic region feel so.

With best wishes.

Nalinaksha Bhattacharyya