Desai, Radhika creator text xu| 2002 continuing ng p.3456-463. The origins of the tension between India and Pakistan go beyond diplomatic imperatives, as each country is keen to pose itself as America's lead ally in the region. This paper while situating the relationship between the two nations against the backdrop of new American imperalism, argues that the conflict will remain unresolved until its very terms and those defining partition, the relationships between communities too, are revisited. - Reproduced. Terrorism Economic and Political Weekly 180718