The ideas and deeds of many other individuals and groups are woven into this twin account which tries t o examine how Kashmiri nationalists are caught in the web of international intrigue, as they negotiate the rivalries between the old and new superpowers and also th competing nationalisams of India and Pakistan, which invariably translate into HIndu-Muslim antagonism. Both Prakash and Guru refused to give up the idea of a more inclusive Kashmir, with space in it for all faiths and nationalities. Their paths crossed at a juncture of history when both belived that their vision of Kashmir was possible. But their dream has been all put destroyed by the forces of history, leaving Prakash and his comrades alone and isolated, and leading to the hounding the execution of Guru.