Kashmir in the crossfire.Kashmir in the Crossfire A multi-GPU interface from ATI for connecting two ATI display adapters together for faster graphics rendering on one monitor. CrossFire machines require PCI Express slots, a CrossFire-enabled motherboard and, depending on which models are used, either a pair of ATI Radeon adapters or one Victoria Schofield IB Taurus, London, 1996, [pounds sterling] 24.50 It is with an eye to the future that this book should be read. South Asia This article is about the geopolitical region in Asia. For geophysical treatments, see Indian subcontinent. South Asia, also known as Southern Asia is a region vital to the 21st century. Kashmir is a focus of its immense potiential and its divisions. Fresh insight into the history and people of that famous valley is timely as India and Pakistan look ahead after their first 50 years of independence and nationhood. This is Victoria Schofield's fourth book on the Indian sub-continent. She is a good listener who makes us aware of many angles in the complex pattern, and of the men and women whose sufferings and hopes form it. She give us the facts of history, ancient and modern. `Kashmir for sale in 1846' was a controversial transaction, still resented, handing the mainly Muslim population to a Hindu ruler. A century later in 1946 the Maharajah opted for India rather than Pakistan. A proposed plebiscite plebiscite (plĕb`ĭsīt) [Lat.,=popular decree], vote of the people on a question submitted to them, as in a referendum. The term, however, has acquired the more specific meaning of a popular vote concerning changes of sovereignty, as , with independence as an option, was debated in the United Nations 115 times in the following 15 years but has never taken place. Chapters on Mirage of independence and Vale of tears The phrase vale of tears refers to Earth and the sorrows left through life. "Vale" is a Middle English word meaning a valley or a dale. Like Psalm 23's reference to the valley of the shadow of death, the phrase implies that the wickedness of the world makes it dark and reprieve give living history drawn from participants. In Hearts and minds she sensitively explores their hopes that (in the words of one Kashmiri) Kashmir might become `not a cot of hatred but a bridge of friendship'. What part--if any--do those of us in Britain have to play? Our load of responsibility is heavy, for the traumas of history and the still unhealed wounds of partition A reserved part of disk or memory that is set aside for some purpose. On a PC, new hard disks must be partitioned before they can be formatted for the operating system, and the Fdisk utility is used for this task. . First and foremost we can seek to understand. With our history, we British dare not proffer To offer or tender, as, the production of a document and offer of the same in evidence. proffer v. to offer evidence in a trial. advice, still less judge. Others must find and implement solutions. We can perhaps enter into their hearts and minds and aid the shift from resolutions (concerning what others ought to do) to consensus (what we can do together). In spheres of conflict, words can harden hard·en v. hard·ened, hard·en·ing, hard·ens v.tr. 1. To make hard or harder. 2. To enable to withstand physical or mental hardship. 3. stereotypes, or open fresh doors of understanding. It is the latter task which Schofield attempts. |
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