Kashmir Conundrum

Kashmir has been considered one of the longestrunning and most intractable conflicts of the modern world. How does one make sense of the issue and look to the future In The Kashmir Conundrum former Indian Army chief General N.C. Vij – who himself hails from the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir – gives the complete picture. Starting with a history of Kashmir and its people he covers the invasion and accession of the kingdom the wars India and Pakistan have fought the Pulwama attack of 2019 Indias surgical strike at Balakot and the various formulae that have been tried to settle the issue right up to the controversial abrogation of the states special status. In doing so he draws on his own experience of dealing with the subject closely – as DGMO during the Kargil war as vice chief of the army during the Parliament attack of 2001 and then as the chief at a time when Pakistansponsored infiltration was at its peak. Informed by a field experts astute perspective this is a comprehensive and uptodate account of Kashmir from an army man who has engaged with it at the highest levels.