KASHMIR IS A PRETEXT FOR THE PAKISTANIS, BUT A JUST CAUSE FOR KASHMIRIS:

India: Let Kashmir go: Resolving the disputed territory would benefit all. (Bennett Ramberg, December 29, 2008, CS Monitor)

[T]he time has come for India to short circuit the most critical incendiary, the disputed area of Kashmir. Despite some recent Islamic militant clamor to dominate the entire subcontinent, Kashmir remains the eye of the Indo-Pakistani vortex.

Removing its centrality will help pull the rug from under terrorist groups that have used the dispute to target both the region and the heart of India.