Mistakes were made—Partition was one of them. It cannot be undone. The three entities that have grown out of it have to be nurtured, embraced and helped to flourish. Each entity must pull itself out of a negative-identity syndrome—‘We are because we could not live with them.’ This is an endless spiral, leading nowhere. Indo–Pak hostility generates communal hatred, leaves Kashmir unsettled. Revert to the triangle—that is the objective reality.
