Research Paper on:
Kashmir and the Conflict Between Pakistan and India

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possible to assert that there are such things, are the facts that Kashmir shares a religious heritage with Pakistan and a more political connection with India. Throw in the separatist  desires that Kashmir attain independence and it becomes increasingly clear as to why there is little room for compromise and negotiation. India sees Kashmir as an example of how its  secular principles can work. Pakistan sees Muslims in Kashmir as in need of protection against a Hindu majority in India. Bibliography lists 9 sources. BWinpaki.rtf  203775 The Conflict over Kashmir By: C.B. Rodgers - October 2001 -- for more information on using this paper properly!  Introduction The conflict between Pakistan and India (and China) regarding Kashmir has its origins in a time long before nuclear capability, Osama bin Laden, or issues of economic globalization  had reached the consciousness of the rest of the world. More than a decade ago, Ayesha Jalal (1990) wrote: "Whatever psychological, physical, and political scars India and Pakistan have suffered  over Kashmir, it is Kashmir that has invariably suffered more" (pp. 17). Such a statement is more accurate than the great majority of the world will ever know or understand.  With partition came massive rioting and population flows as Muslims and Hindus found themselves on the wrong sides of the newly-drawn border. The core issues, if it is possible  to assert that there are such things, are the facts that Kashmir shares a religious heritage with Pakistan and a more political connection with India. Throw in the separatist desires  that Kashmir attain independence and it becomes increasingly clear as to why there is little room for compromise and negotiation. India sees Kashmir as an example of how its secular