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In the early 1920s, the German Economy was reeling from the heavy impositions forced upon it by the Treaty of Versailles, 1919. Through this treaty, the countries that emerged victorious from World War I forced Germany to repay them for all damages they had suffered during the war. It further included a War Guilt Clause, blaming Germany for causing and sustaining the entire war.
The sun rays falling on the peaks of mountains far off – your default macbook wallpaper – as the rest of the world remains enveloped in darkness. The summit days of most treks begin in unearthly hours, and the one to Rupin Pass was no different. We woke up at 3.30 am, hustling about our campsite, trying to brush our teeth with water that froze to ice in the jug, or get our snow spikes and gators on right, hands stinging. But this is no place to begin the story.
What is sovereignty? What is glorified as a nationalist movement by one state may be looked down at as an insurrectionist movement by another. It is, of course, natural that most people look at India’s abrogation of Jammu and Kashmir’s (J&K) special rights as the exclusive, just way forward for their relationship. This abrogation is, however, politics at its best. It is of utmost importance to look at J&K’s unique history and the conditions under which it acceded to India.