Ethnic Conflict: A Study of Kashmir

Abstract

The Kashmiris in J&K is experiencing  the worst kind of violence since 1989 as Muslim majority in the state wanted to exercise its right of self-determination. And some of the people and their organization pleaded for independence and separation from the Indian federation. Since the eruption of militancy much had changed in the state of J&K. In fact there is hardly any aspect of life that has not been affected by this long turmoil. The present article aims to examine the various factors responsible for the rise of ethnic conflict in Kashmir and the responses of central government from time to time that varies from coercive to political.