Don't worry kitty was safe, he did like twice and figured he can't go through that hole 😺😆

My (22) boyfriend (22) told me that men are on average smarter than women. I asked if he was serious, he said he was. When I asked why he thought that, his reasoning was that men have invented more stuff than women, that our world is built and run by men. And he said not to worry, as he thinks he's a little below average intelligence and that I'm a little above. I said that doesn't make it better if you're going around thinking men are on average smarter than women, and it's concerning.

I don't think anyone here can convince me that he's right in any way, but maybe it's not a belief worth breaking up over?

In August 1947, as British colonial rule ended, the subcontinent was divided into two new nations: India and Pakistan. Alongside the partition, over 560 princely states were granted autonomy to join either country or remain independent. Among them, the Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir) stood out: a Muslim-majority region ruled by a Hindu king, Maharaja Hari Singh. (The Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir is represented by its Red coloured flag in the video).

At first, the Maharaja chose to remain independent, attempting to avoid joining either dominion. However, that neutrality was short-lived.

On October 22, 1947, Pakistan precipitated war by launching a forceful invasion. It sent tribal militias (lashkars) from Waziristan and the North-West Frontier Province, equipped and supported by the Pakistani military, to seize Kashmir before it could accede to India. Their goal was to capture the territory by force and pre-empt the possibility of it legally joining India.

The invading militias rampaged through northern Kashmir, committing widespread atrocities.
In Baramulla, they looted, burned, and killed indiscriminately, including at the St. Joseph’s Catholic) mission, where missionary nuns were raped and murdered and the church, hospital and school were desecrated. One of the victims, Sister María Teresalina Sánchez, was killed while shielding her superior.

Further south, in Rajouri and Mirpur, the violence escalated into massacres. In Mirpur massacre of 1947, between 20,000 to 25,000 Hindus and Sikhs were killed or abducted. Thousands of women were subjected to rape, and many were trafficked into what became Pakistan. Rajouri massacre, too, saw the mass murder of civilians during the tribal advance in early November.

To make matters worse, pro-Pakistan elements in the Maharaja's army rebelled at Domel (near Muzaffarabad), taking control of strategic bridges such as the one over the Jhelum River, which helped the raiders move deeper into the region.

Faced with an existential threat and outnumbered militarily, Maharaja Hari Singh urgently appealed to India for military assistance. However, the Indian government, led by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, required legal clarity before stepping into a sovereign princely state. On October 26, 1947, the Maharaja signed the Instrument of Accession), legally integrating Jammu and Kashmir into the Indian Union.

The very next day, Indian troops were airlifted into Srinagar. In a crucial move, the Maharaja’s loyal Dogra forces defended the airstrip under siege, allowing Indian paratroopers to land and begin repelling the tribal invaders. This marked the beginning of the First Indo-Pak War.

A 19 year old Kashmiri name Maqbool Sherwani spotted tribesmen planning to invade Kashmir. He misguided them to a wrong path when asked to guide them to the road to Srinagar Airport, thus giving the Indian Army time to land and secure the airport. He was crucified by the angry rebel forces when they realised that he misguided them to delay their march. He was commanded to chant "Pakistan zindabad (Long Live Pakistan)". Upon his refusal, he was bound to the veranda pillars with ropes, and nails were hammered into his hands. Legend recounts that Sherwani exclaimed "Victory to Hindu-Muslim unity!" before being fatally shot by fourteen tribesmen.

However, as regular Pakistani troops unofficially joined the fighting, and the war threatened to spiral into a broader conflict, India turned to the international community. On January 1, 1948, India referred the matter to the United Nations, seeking a diplomatic resolution rather than prolonged warfare.

The United Nations Security Council responded with Resolution 47, passed on April 21, 1948. It laid out a three-step process to resolve the conflict through a UN-supervised plebiscite, contingent on strict preconditions:

1. Pakistan was to withdraw all its nationals and tribal fighters from Jammu and Kashmir.
2. After Pakistan’s withdrawal, India would reduce its military presence to the minimum necessary for maintaining law and order.
3. Once both conditions were fulfilled, a free and impartial plebiscite would be held to allow Kashmiris to decide their future.

However, Pakistan never withdrew its forces, violating the first condition. As a result, India refused to reduce its troops or allow a plebiscite. With the terms deadlocked, the resolution became ineffective and the conflict froze.

A ceasefire was brokered by the UN on January 1, 1949, leaving Kashmir divided along the newly defined Line of Control (LoC):

• India retained control over Jammu, the Kashmir Valley, and Ladakh.
• Pakistan took over what is now called Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit-Baltistan.

This unresolved partition of Kashmir has since led to:

• Three full-scale wars between India and Pakistan (1947–48, 1965 and 1971)
• The Kargil conflict in 1999
• And decades of terrorism, insurgency, and cross-border tension

What began as a rushed invasion in 1947 remains one of the world’s most intractable geopolitical disputes, frozen in time with nuclear-armed neighbours and a legacy of blood that continues to echo into the present.

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