ABSTRACT
Kashmir is located at the crossroads of South Asia, Central Asia and China. The Indian sphere of influence or Indian-administered Kashmir is the southern bit which is also called Jammu and Kashmir. The situation in Kashmir has indeed been a very complex one, and the problem is very much ongoing. The accession of Kashmir to Pakistan would have confirmed for Pakistan that it truly was the pure land for Muslims, and that India was in fact not so much a democracy with a place for religious minorities but Hindustan, or land for the Hindus. ‘As of 2001, as many as 117 army battalions were deployed in counter insurgency duties in J&K alone’. Although security personnel are meant to protect the people, they often take the law into their own hands. The Rashtriya Rifles have the primary responsibility for counter-insurgency operations in Jammu and Kashmir.
