India-Pakistan Reciprocal perception & misperception towards Religious Diplomacy: A Case Study of Kartarpur Corridor

Abstract

The phenomenon of religious diplomacy has become a decisive icon of the contemporary International politics in 21st century and symbolized as the key factor of normalization and conflict resolution. The region of South Asia has emerged as the most conflict-prone area with certain core and periphery disputes. There has been a mixed and multiple disclosure of reciprocal perception between the intelligentsia and the statesmen of India and Pakistan towards their bilateral clashes and its solution. The construction of Kartarpur corridor complex 2018-19 proved as the trade mark of the endorsement of religious diplomacy comes out from the secular voices of the arch neighbors with a great hope of socioeconomic uplift even in the presence of high risk nuclear encounter. The kartarpur corridor project has been pre-dominantly perceived as the prime paradigm of future peace and prosperity in the region.