anupam kher actor its easy to be cynical about the actual effect of any political talk but this time i prefer to be optimistic about the indopak summit the kashmir problem has been going on for so long that any effort taken towards solving it must be lauded my theory has always been that if you try to do something you risk failure but if you dont try you ensure it however i believe that along with the issue of kashmir that of the plight of kashmiri pandits also needs serious thought and discussion somehow in the greater issue the pandits who are living as refugees in various parts of their own country are forgotten no one stops to think just how let down and helpless they feel just because they are peaceloving people and dont register their protest through violence the government doesnt take serious note of them people who are thrown out of their own homes may be treated with compassion but are never treated with respect anywhere else theyre only considered a liability in other states they need protection and yes they need to start thinking about going back home too my grandparents had property in kashmir which is all gone now my uncles sold it all off for peanuts and cleared out and we still didnt have it so bad there are others worse off they loaded a few essentials in their car and driven out of the state and at the end of the day what really hurts is that no one seems to care the attitude in the rest of the country is if it is not happening to me it is not happening as for how the solution the government has to work it out and i absolutely sure that if they really want to they can do it they have tried ceasefire now they should try something else my suggestion although i dont know what the political implications of it will be is that they begin by abolishing the special status of kashmir categorising of any sort is never healthy people from all states should be allowed to move in freely and live in this state too anyway this is really the last chance that pakistan gets to prove that it is serious and it really wants peace and we all hope this chance doesnt get blown nothing is impossible and if north korea and south korea could walk together in the opening ceremony of the olympics surely india and pakistan can sort out their problems too as told to piali banerjee