This is an appeal targetting global civil society to lobby the Indian and Pakistani governments to ease their military presence in Kashmir. Further, to give an unconditional right to the people of Kashmir to travel and trade on either side of the divide (LOC - Line of Control that divides the Indian and Pakistani administered parts. This divide has outlasted the Berlin Wall by two decades now. Finally, to request both countries to refrain from perpetuating the myth that Hindus and Muslims cannot co-exist harmoniously.