Ep. 134: Kashmir and Article 370
The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma
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The Moral Question of Self-Determination in Kashmir
The current beleaguered young kashmir who views the indian government as an oppressive foreign power is basically not on a lower moral plane than say a bhagatsing or a chandrashikaraza. They have been promised self-determination for so many years and of course the meaning of that term has changed for them what self-determination really means how do we reconcile that question? The people sort of also have a right to decide their own destiny well i think at some level you know that is the fundamental question right which is to say that is it really possible for any government in any part of the world to impose its will on ordinary people over very long periods of time
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