May Books 37) Contested Lands

[nwhyte]

37) Contested Lands: Israel-Palestine, Kashmir, Bosnia, Cyprus and Sri Lanka, by Sumantra Bose

Comments

[yea_mon]

"one point he doesn't make, but which struck me, is that the Kashmir and Israel/Palestine situations share the experience of an indecently precipitate British withdrawal in 1947/1948

[inuitmonster]

on Kashmir...
but India has to deliver on autonomy for the area it controls

but how different will this be to India being already a federal state?

[nwhyte]

According to Bose (who is himself from a very prominent Indian political family), New Delhi has consistently mucked around with Kashmir's provincial elections and government to ensure that both were to the Indian government's liking, and failed to implement the special provisions for Kashmir in the Indian constitution. He thinks this is a bad thing.

[mireille21]

Apropos of nthing, my friend has finished her archeological dig at Glenrowan. Seems it went even better than they expected;
http://www.theage.com.au/national/ned-kelly-site-dig-unearths-historic-treasures-20080530-2jsx.html