T HE world often talks about the Siachen Glacier, the highest battlefield in the world. Some even question the need for India to deploy her troops in the most challenging terrain. Some even suggest a ‘solution’ that the Siachen Glacier should be converted into a ‘Peace Park’. However, not many realise that the need for occupying the mad heights was forced upon India. Had India not acted in time, Pakistan would have secured a perch by way of scoring a brownie point in what is today known as ‘Oropolitics’. ..