Rishi Bharadwaj: Accepting the status quo is the only solution to the Kashmir issue

Rishi Bharadwaj is doing his PhD in electrical engineering in the United States, but he has a profound interest in history. He is at Lamar University, a public seat of higher learning in Beaumont, Texas. He comes from Satna, a city of about 300,000 people in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Satna is the 8th most populous city of the state. It is 500 km east of the state capital Bhopal. It has been selected as one of the hundred Indian cities to be developed as a smart city under PM Narendra Modi's flagship Smart Cities Mission.

Rishi has been watching Pakistan since 2010, when he first watched a video clip of Mr. Zaid Hamid. He is a big admirer of Gandhi, Nehru, Patel and Ambedkar. He also admires Dr. Venkat Dhulipala for having written Creating a New Medina. He calls it a myth-busting book.

He believes that accepting the status quo is the only realistic solution to the Kashmir issue. He also says that Pakistan made many blunders on Kashmir. Jinnah messed up the issue. According to him, Jinnah did not have a clear vision for Pakistan.
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The host, Shakil Chaudhary, is an alumnus of Government College, Lahore. Subsequently, he studied international relations at Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad and media at the London School of Economics. He has has worked for several English-language newspapers. He has written a critically acclaimed book, Handbook of Functional English (Ferozsons), to help those who wish to improve their English skills. He has conducted many workshops on communication, writing and critical thinking skills. He is the current president of the Progressive Writers Association, Islamabad.

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