Why doesen't India just sell Kashmir to Pakistan? It could keep Ladakh which is Buddhist Majority and Jammu which is Hindu Majority.

As a result of this India could use the money to help the poverty stricken people and bring itself to be a more developed country.

That's just my opinion. Discuss your thoughts on the Kashmir situation and possible solutions.

LOL that is actually quite funny

India isn't developed not because it doesn't have any money, but rather because it doesn't use its existing resources properly. Lets entertain your idea for the sake of the argument. India sells Kashmir for $100 billion, then what? India can raise hundreds of billion of dollars with ease. It is ineffectual governement policies that are keeping India from developed - not the lack of money.

Using this logic, why doesn't Pakistan sell Balochistan to Iran and make money?

Answer: Because it doesn't work.

Kashmir isn't some terrority or colony that can be pawned off to the highest bidder, it's an integral part of India.

You seem to be so confused. Using the same logic why not pakistan sell the country to India. Pakis are in need of money their economy is not doing too great. In the first place the creation of Pakistan was unjustified and wrong. British created pakistan to appease the muslims who were more favoured during the British Raj than the Hindu majority because of the divide-and-rule policy of the British.

Secondly India is doing very good economically so you read newspapers and gain some knowledge. People of your type need to do away with the stereotype of India being a poor country. Kasmir has got a lot of water resourses and glaciers, water is the most important element for survival.

WHICH COUNTRY IN THE WORLD SELLS ITS TERRITORY FOR SOME BILLION DOLLARS TO ITS ENEMIES?? You need not start a nonsense thread like this.

India is now a trillion-dollar economy. At least you make a little effort and go to India Serious Talk and gain a bit of knowledge.

Kashmir belongs to neither. This whole thing just started cause Pakis couldn't accept the fact that they lost.

I will only have one thing to say about this post of yours that half knowledge and little knowledge is dangerous and most of the times it leads to distorted facts and opinions.

Just cause someone does not agree with you does not mean they have now knowledge about that subject. This is a subject where I know what I'm talking about, I just don't feel like writing an essay of a post that no one's gonna bother reading. I decided to state my opinion shortly about and independant Kashmir, that's it.

My parents are indigenous to Kashmir and when it comes up they talk of it as if it's a part of India.

But they don't exactly represent most Kashmiris considering that they're Hindus and were raised in India...

You're Kashmiri?

My ancestors are. Didn't the "indigenous to Kashmir" give it away lol?

Give me at least one good reason to back-up your arguements, it will show your knowledge on this subject. One need not write a whole essay to show they are knowledgable on something. Just plain posting is not going to serve any purpose.

So it means you are a Kashmiri. Why your making things a bit complex ? If your ancestors were Kashmiris so are you.

It is complex. I know very little about Kashmir and I've only visited once when I was about two. On the other hand, I've visited India multiple times because that's where my parents' families live and I probably know more about India...

So yes I am a Kashmiri, but I consider myself an Indian also.

^^
Please avoid double posting!!! There is a reason why we do have an option to edit our replys.
Just click on the button to add/edit/change something in your post.

Sorry, I thought I pressed the Edit button.

I meant the poster above you.

Kashmir was free to join whoever they wanted to join when the partition took place. But the thing is that they never got to decide who they wanted to join, because the Pakistanis forced themselves in the Kashmiri territory. Now the Maharaja had to sign an agreement in order to save his land, cause noone in their right mind would give something to someone who's just forcing themselves on you.

I find neither claim to be just. First of all they don't share the same culture, language, food, anything. And when it comes to religion, then India should also make claims on parts of Cambodia, parts of Sri Lanka, parts of Thailand, and Nepal. Not to mention all of the countries that are Buddhist. The same should be with Pakistan, if they claim Kashmir because of the muslim population then why not claim parts of Iran, parts of Afghanistan, parts of China?

Let's not overlook how some people might have trouble adjusting to the life in both countries. Even if it's just India and Pakistan, or Kashmir and India, or Kashmir and Pakistan, there are still some differences in the way of living there. My grandfather moved to Lahore at the age of 25, and he had trouble adjusting all his life. He used to say that it was house but not his home.

So I say let the people in Kashmir be one people, share the same food, culture, language, and ways of living. No need to make them a part of a culture that's almost alien to them.

So there's my somewhat unstructured mini-essay on why I think it should be like that, it's written at the same time as my homework so might be some mistakes, but you get the point. And short answers are practical if you just want to state an opinion when you don't have the time to discuss a topic. And this is a really important topic, specially to me, where you can either say too much of the wrong things or too little of the good things.