Q. How will the disinvestment of PSUs in India affect the operation of these organizations?

Q. What is so wrong with the idea of referendum for solving the Kashmir issue?
Ans. At the cost of possibly being labelled as a secessionist/pro-Pakistan/traitor, I am going to answer
this because I just don't want Kashmir to stay with India, I want the Pakistani administrators and the
jihadis and all those who think Kashimiris/Muslims=Pakistanis/terrorists to feel the sting of slap on
their face when they lose.

First, we must know that Indian Constitution allows
1. Referendum(i.e. popular opinion expressed by the people concerned on any matter) ; and
2. Cession of a part of the territory(9th Constitutional Amendment while granting Berubari to
East Pakistan)
On 15th August 1947, only 3 Princely States weren't part of the Indian Union. And they had the right
to do so according to Indian Independence Act 1947.

1. J&K - Majority Muslim population ruled by an Hindu King
2. Junagarh - Majority Hindu population ruled by a Muslim King
3. Hyderabad - Majority Hindu population ruled by a Muslim Nawab
Wow!! Looks like India was already an epitome of national integration. :P

Junagarh joined India through the path of a referendum and Hyderabad using force(Operation Polo).
Which one do you think should be used for Kashmir? I would rather go for the peaceful (and if I may
say more promising and stable) one.

Now, why do I think referendum is a viable option to possibly end the nearly a century long
dispute(if it's not already, I don't think anybody can challenge me that it won't stretch that far)?

1. People have the right to decide for themselves if the governments have failed to do so. And
failed miserably. Accept it or not, it's a stalemate. No side wishes to concede. There was almost a
solution on the sidelines of 1971 Simla Agreement, Indira Gandhi and Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto decided
to gradually move towards accepting the then LOC as the international border through back-
channel discussions. Nothing happened though.
It's easy for us 'intellectuals' to discuss over the concerns and repercussions of such a
decision(there are other 'patriots' too when it comes to discussion over this issue, but they are just
a bunch of jingoistic fools) but the ground reality is that millions have died and more have been
displaced and disappeared. Many became terrorists. And all of them were the natives, people who
lived and have to live there. It's only fair to ask them for once.
2. I am more than sure that majority will stay with India. These are the descendants of same
people who once supported Sheikh Abdullah who in April 1948 described Pakistan as an
unscrupulous and savage enemy. He dismissed Pakistan as a theocratic state. In his view,
Indian, and not Pakistani leaders had all along stood for the rights of the States people.
Sure Indian leaders did some mistakes; they could've held a referendum while Abdullah was alive,
they could've forced Pakistani infiltrators back from where they came, they could've not gone to
the UN, but bickering over all that won't give any solutions, would they?
Meanwhile, Pakistan hasn't done anything better in the last few decades and had gone from bad
to worse in social, economical and political conditions. If I am not wrong even the Kashmiris
understand that Pakistan wants only the land, India wants both the land and the
people.

Why isn't it happening?
Politics, mostly politics. And ego.

Although the timing and strategy to conduct the referendum can be discussed and debated but there is
nothing wrong in a fair referendum. Further, it must precede by an exhaustive diplomatic layout to
conduct it effectively and peacefully, which would include immense bilateral cooperation,
withdrawing of the respective troops into their side of the LOC, a complete prohibition to infiltration
from the Pakistani side (we don't do it anyways - who wants to go to Pakistan!!, widespread
communication to people regarding the procedure and enough time for them to decide and weigh
their options. See, it's the last one that makes me sure we will win, if it happens.