Kashmir : The Vajpayee YearsKashmir was an issue close to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayees heart. There were repeated setbacks, first the Kargil war, General Pervez Musharrafs coup in Pakistan, the hijacking of Indian Airlines flight IC 814 in December 1999 and the Parliament attack two years later. But he countered each with an initiative full of hope: the bus to Lahore in 1999, the Agra Summit in 2001 and finally the hand of friendship extended to Pakistan in