The Indo-Pak antagonism can be rightly known as seven decades old rot but not so deep a conflict that cannot be settled amicably with the proper application of mind and negotiating skills.

India and Pakistan exist with a complete hostile mindset against each other for the last seven decades—from the day of their emergence in 1947. Several overt and covert wars, numerous inimical undercover operations and bashing each other at almost every international forums has been a routine for the last seventy years irrespective of the circumstances who is in power at Islamabad and Delhi. Much has been written and said about Indo-Pak hostilities. Aggression against each other has practically turned into a sort of belief within these two nations and only intensity of belligerence keeps varying with every change in the guard or emerging political situation. For the last several years, this enmity has turned worst except few friendly bashes and encounters either to please political constituencies back home or to stage-manage few photo-op sessions for personal image enhancement of leaders on either side. However, the last more than a year has proved even worse for Indo- Pak relations. Minus diplomatic relations every channel seems to have turned sour. Occasional skirmishes on borders have turned into much wider fights, aggressive demeaning propaganda from both sides have reached to ‘Goebbelsian lie’ proportions and each other’s foreign offices are firing regular salvos to belittle and demonize the other one. Both are fighting covert wars beyond their own borders and pump millions of taxpayer’s money (otherwise meant for uplifting their own people) into such dirty war.