Except during rajiv Gandhi's time and at present,Kashmir issue and Indo Pak relations were used by both sides to score points only.During Pandit Nehru's time it had roots in preindependance period and in two nation theory partition.Pakistan was desperately doing lot unethical but india under towring Panditji had global appeal.Also Islam communists were taboos .In 1962 iran had warned Pakistan not to help communist China and pakistan kept quiet.Also our Israel policy enlisted Arab support and role in nAM had wide sympathy.during indiraji's time it was used for retaining powers in both sides and during Shastrijis time Pakistan took advantage of weak p. m. it deemed shastriji. Rajiv Gandhi was first congress p. M. ending with no war with pakistan and with sincere efforts to normalize relations.But his sad demise and then America not happy with peace resulted in communalization and nuclarization and rest is history. Musharraf now responds with America only for past and has independent plans for future of Pakistan.india also has L. F. backed govt.Let us now take even a decade but not detrail peace anymore endlessly for this 5 decades complications.
