Posted by COULD INDIA AND PAKISTAN UNITE AGAIN?
Author: Ekta Rao, Jamnalal Bajaj School Of Legal Studies, Banasthali University, Rajasthan
Having been a republic for more than 6 decades and having assumed a national identity, it would be a rather painful prospect for any country to agree to “merge” with its much larger “twin”. This twin is quite unpopular within the country in that while many Pakistanis are for favorable relations and friendship with India, I don’t think the very “idea” of a united subcontinent would be acceptable to them (neither to us).
While Pakistan is a progressive country in many (discounting incidents of Taliban atrocities towards women in Waziristan o Khyber regions) with active and vocal civil societies and the media, there has always been considerable domestic fundamentalist pressure to make the country’s constitution more compatible with Islamic lows as interrupted the country’s clerics. Such sentiments are not congruent with rights granted in the Indian Constitution and therefore this becomes the second obstacle in reuniting the region.
The present demographic profile of Pakistan is an amalgam of different groups ethnically inclined towards Afghan culture. Such groups only show loyalty towards their own tribal governance and exercise considerable autonomy. Such groups do not identify with the rest of the population and therefore cannot be bracketed under Muslims who left India during the partition”.
This is not to cast aspersions on India’s ability to be more inclusive, but I think so far we have managed to treat people from all parts of the country with a sense of equality. The recent rumours pertaining to violence against migrants from the north east has been yet another example of lesser tolerance towards our own citizen. In such a situation would be able to accept cultures that are far apart from our own, is something we will need to ask ourselves.
From the Indian perspective, a possible deterrent would be the anxiety towards economic and security burden such a proposal would bring along. India has been having its own economic miseries in the recent past and to have another country with shambled economy and concern worthy security situation will only worsen the situation on both sides of LOC in the long term.
The argument that this could possibly resolve the Kashmir issue is too farfetched and doesn’t seem possible. In my opinion there can never be a resolution for territorial dispute unless both parties agree to compromise which is highly unlikely in this case. Insurgency in Kashmir needs to be tackled through pragmatic solutions such as improve government spending on developing infrastructure and amendments to AFSPA to bring better accountability and empowerment of local police commission rate.
Therefore to answer to the question in a nutshell, is that with improve bilateral relations between India and Pakistan will be helpful in maintaining peace in the region. Uniting to blocks will only result in chaos.
EktaRao
Jamnalal Bajaj School Of Legal Studies
Banasthali University
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