Kashmir: With A Touch of Beauty-Global, Politics and Terror

Contents: Preface. Introduction. 1. Ancient-medieval history/B.B. Nagaich and Jayant Kumar. 2. Modern history/B.B. Nagaich and Jayant Kumar. 3. Cultural mosaic/B.B. Nagaich. 4. Temple-historic places monuments/B.B. Nagaich and Jayant Kumar. 5. Paintings and handicrafts/B.B. Nagaich. 6. Economy and tourism/B.B. Nagaich. 7. Agriculture and allied fields/B.B. Nagaich. 8. Wildlife/B.B. Nagaich. 9. Secession and terrorism/B.B. Nagaich and Jayant Kumar. 10. Himachal and Uttaranchal calling/B.B. Nagaich. 11. Indo-Pak-US relations/B.B. Nagaich and Rajiv Nagaich. 12. Review of Indo-US ties/B.B. Nagaich and Rajiv Nagaich.  Select bibliography/B.B. Nagaich. Glossary index and annexure/B.B. Nagaich.

The book deals with the most beautiful hill state of India termed Jammu and Kashmir, originally called Kashmir. This state was one of the princely states in the nation and one of the most important factor in the international relations with the US, UK, Pakistan, Russia and China etc.

The book has been described in 13 different chapters dealing with its history, art and culture, temples and monuments, agriculture-horticulture and wild life, terrorism, neighboring fabulous hill states, international relations etc. Its ruler Maharaja Hari Singh took unduly long time to in deciding to merge into Indian union, giving opportunity to Pakistan to attack the state and attempt to make it a part of its own but the Indian forces did not let the Pak agenda to succeed.

Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, on the advice of Viceroy took the case to the UN before the entire state could be recovered and this resulted into problems which could not be solved till today. Therefore, the authors considered it necessary to write the book so that the world can understand the real problem and solve the situation amicably.