India and Pakistan have for long been in a state of loathsomeness of one another. To this day, soldiers glare through binoculars on both sides and hiss at the sight of their neighboring countrymen. Through certain periods of time, they have fired upon each other in war and even gained some advancement over their borders just to find themselves back to where they started subsequently in the months to come. It’s a cold stalemate along the entire border, though especially within the Kashmir region. It has been 66 years since the Indian Partition, which followed the departure of British occupiers, when Kashmir was claimed by both the new Indian and Pakistani states. It is still to this day a land without protective borders; it is only surrounded by dignified men with rifles strapped to their chests. There is a constant struggle for pride and resources between India and Pakistan and an everlasting cry from within Kashmir for revolution or some form of annexation. The conflict is constantly invigorated with there being troops on their toes in anxious anticipation of an enemy strike and their fingers on hair-triggers through these aging, exacerbating tensions. The political boundaries are not what divide these people; it is their prolonged history of antagonism due to religious and cultural differences. Politically drawn lines are irrelevant when it comes to their distinguishability. As they challenge one another through the control over essential resources, point their rifles into each other’s territory, and develop nuclear weaponry and various other things serving as fear tactics, it is evident that this conflict is far from over. This is the Kashmir border: one of the most dangerous borders in the modern world.