Dehradun, March 7 -- External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar very clearly articulated India's stand on J&K at a Chatham House event during his ongoing visit to the UK. For a long time after independence, the Indian policy was more wishful thinking than realistic. The decision to take the matter to the United Nations reflected then Prime Minister Nehru's idealism that placed greater trust in others than was warranted. Keeping the matter in limbo provided Pakistan political and diplomatic space to continually attempt to acquire the territory, first through war and then by sponsoring terrorist activity, which extended even to Indian Punjab. Any kind of talks only strengthened the belief in other countries that there was some legitimacy in Pakis...