The 1949 ceasefire

1949 began with a ceasefire. Can you believe that! Perhaps a good way to begin. India and Pakistan having gone hammer and tongs at each other for eight months, were compelled by the United Nations Security Council to effect a ceasefire in Kashmir. They were thereafter consigned forever to spend millions of dollars and mass tens of thousands of troops on either side of the border and maintain a sustainable ceasefire with, of course, the US stirring the pot every now and then. That border situation now running into its sixth decade, has ensured that it's not just the Americans who have war veterans; India and Pakistan have had their share, too.

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This blog has been established in an attempt to pen all the significant events that have occurred from the time I was born. I hope that these anecdotes will inspire others to contribute to the blog with related and similar incidents, viewed from humorous, irreverent or thought provoking angles.