In re: The United States Trade Representative's Office & the map of the erstwhile Princely State of Jammu & Kashmir

When a map used by the United States Trade Representative's Office showed the whole of the erstwhile Princely State of Jammu & Kashmir including the parts of it administered by Pakistan & China as a part of India, many Bharatiya peopleS were celebrating.

I pointed out then that we should not read too much into it and that there was NO change in US policy on Jammu & Kashmir over which there is general bipartisan consensus. I further pointed out that what had happened was most likely about staffers working on a lazily accessed map and wondered what will happen if Pakistan protested.

Well, it did and the United States Trade Representative's Office deleted that post.

Therefore one should always avoid premature and unnecessary celebrations.