Column Can the valley afford ‘azadi’?

Rajesh Chakrabarti
Posted: Wednesday, Aug 20, 2008 at 2318 hrs IST
Updated: Wednesday, Aug 20, 2008 at 2318 hrs IST

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» Can The Valley Afford Azadi

Posted by R Srinivasan on 2008-08-23 08:10:35.466245+05:30
I am not batting for Kashmir Azadi or otherwise. But I would like to make a point of many landlocked countries and parts of larger countries have developed economically based on specialskills and market access..Switzerland and some of the european economies come to mind..however the key part to economic growth is how modern industrial and business management opportunities are leveraged by the local population in a peaceful environment. The issue is due to various causes including historical factor Kashmir had got into the current situation and one of the main problem that needs to be addressed is how to get local population understand that for them the salvation lies in addressing the economic survival aspect first rather than driven by other considerations..but in an environment where poverty rules it is the most difficult task as seen by the proliferation of Naxalite movement across the country in the last few decades. I fully agre that in todays' world economics is the last factor influencing decisions among the political class and they come in various forms including the misguided fanatics proferring various religious and communal causes at the cost of economics..

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