4) India's Needs and U.S's Wants: The Context of Indo-U.S Convergence on Kashmir

From what was said at (2.1.2) it should be clear that Kashmir is crucially and singularly important in deciding the question that whether India can overcome the above mentioned constraints or not. How can India afford the 'neglect of regional irritants' in its dealings with neighbours or the world at large, while Indian occupation continues to be challenged in Kashmir and it continues to be a live issue? Kashmir factor cannot be ignored by India in its overall scheme of overcoming the constraints that restrain its capability to take up a wider/global role. But at the same time India is not in a position- it never was - to neutralize this factor to the extent that it ceases to operate in a way it does now vis-a-vis the two constraining factors (cf. 2.1.2). For this to happen i.e Kashmir ceasing to be an exacerbating factor in India's regional security preoccupations and its potential 'instability', what is needed India alone cannot deliver and what India can deliver that alone will not suffice. Here lies the crux of the matter: indispensability of U.S rescue effort to rid India of the constraints by helping it in Kashmir.