Kashmir, a beautiful part of our country, sandwiched between newly-created Pakistan and truncated India from the bloody partition of 1947, remains an unresolved mystery, similar to the Bermuda Triangle and hence the name of this book. Today older generations who have lived through bloody ethnic violence do not want to talk about it as there are a lot of painful memories attached, the younger generations are either vaguely aware or do not know what the hell this Kashmir crisis is? This book is an attempt to reach out to both the sections of masses. It builds an interesting correlation on why this beautiful land becomes synonym with the Bermuda Triangle of India. How Kalashnikov, Kaffir, and Kahwa came to represent the three vertices of the triangle turning this paradise to perdition, where the search for panacea continues. The USP of this book is the 7 Cs, the mantras which can be converted into strategic and operational approaches in resolving this very vexed issue. For readers, five of the 7 Cs mantras suggested in this book have been mentioned in the speech by the Home Minister during one of his visits to Kashmir. There has been a consistent demand by the UN, Pakistan and mostly Sunni Muslim Kashmiris for the Plebiscite, a big No and a taboo topic for the Indian political setup. The way how India will meet the demand of the Kashmiris and satisfy the international community once for all, taking a confident stride in the path of becoming a truly democratic global power. Today's history writing is not limited to pure academics alone. The advent of social media into the lives of the common man has greatly influenced people's perception of facts and helped in forming their narratives on the circumstances. King's historians and their interpretation of history are daily challenged. |
