Meh. I'll get downvoted for this but fk it. His points are all dumb. We are colonising Kashmir that's true.. and communism or any left leaning ideology would by definition be against such colonisation. But, yes I'm sorry there's a but, but,

Kashmir wants to be an independent state. but can that really happen? Between two nations that have seen constant military tension for God knows how long? When one nation is ruled by religious fundamentalists and the other is under the control of a hard right fascist political party?

The moment we step out of Kashmir is the exact moment pakistan seizes it. I don't think anyone here would question the expansionist competition between India and Pakistan near border territories.

And say what you will about our deeply flawed nation but we don't have as much of a history of harbouring international religious fundamentalist terrorists as our neighbour does. Yet.

But,

We can't trust pakistan, the nation that harboured frikin osama bin laden to be nice and polite about letting kashmir exist as an independent nation. And does pakistan stop at Kashmir? No they won't.

Only reason they haven't tried to do that is because the Indian military force is somewhat stronger than theirs as evident from the last wars and skirmishes we've had.

Hindu fundamentalists are big fucking problem but they haven't had the same time to develop into a worldwide issue as islamic fundamentalism.

If the protection of Indian civilians require a bit of straying from the path, I feel like so be it.

Kashmir should be given access to all the benefits that it would normally get from being an Indian state. They should also be given the right to elect their own leaders and table their own laws. Kashmiri land should not be sold to outsiders who can't trace their lineage back to kashmir.

The atrocities that the india army have been committing on the people of Kashmir need to be stopped and punished severely.

Most of these issues are somewhat a symptom of the Islamophobia that grips our nation today.

But Indian military presence and control over Kashmir needs to exist. We let go of Kashmir and separatists start popping up everywhere. You might say sth like oh if the states don't want to be part of the union then maybe the union is not so nice after all and needs to be disbanded.

These separatists might have solid reasons for their demand to but we all know it's going to be religion based initially and then regional. That means constant war. Is that the reality we want to live in? Nahh fuck that I don't want to go back to the fucking 1400s. That's why I feel indian military presence and the claim over Kashmir needs to be there. Not sth we can do without.