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Kashmir
Nov 10 2009, Shiv

I confess I have never set my foot on Kashmir or have travelled north to Delhi. But I wonder why it has become the most dangerous place in this part of the world. Pakistan may want it for its water resources but what the Kashmir’s want in terms of..

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