15.07.2012
Recently a Pew research revealed that Indians are the second
most hated after the Americans. This is rather surprising. I have never understood
the reasons for this dislike of Indians by the Pakistanis. Infact if history is
any evidence then Indians have many reasons to hate Pakistan. After all a
portion of their beloved India has been taken away and that too in the name of
religion. Pakistan got all what it wanted. A separate Islamic nation. They make
their own laws and have their own constitution. They are now free from the fear
of Hindu domination which would destroy their culture which according to them
is the Arab culture. Everything is fine. Then why the hatred against India? There
is also nothing worthwhile in Pakistan for India to think of attacking it. With
the partition of India under the able leadership of Jinnah every thing has been
precisely cut and divided. It set me thinking and following points emerged in
my mind.My Pakistani friends may hammer me on these points.
1. Let us start with Jinnah. Before 1936 he was secular.
Proclaiming Hindu Muslim unity. After his Muslim league was defeated he became
communal. Again his 11th August 1947 speech indicates that he became secular.
He appointed a Hindu as his Law Minister. The point is that Jinnah himself
lacked any commitment to any ideology. His ideology was getting power and religion was only a tool to be used. He himself was not a
committed Muslim. His dress habits,his eating
habits,his way of life did not reflect the Mullah type of personality.
He even married a non-muslim. On all accounts he can be described as a secular
person.2. Jinnah demand for a nation on the basis of Islam was the greatest fraud ever committed on the gullible common Muslims. It did not stem from any revolutionary zeal for protecting the Muslims but from the selfish reason of gaining power. The prospects of power and money in a new nation was a temptation difficult to resist. He was enthusiastically supported by the greedy intentions of the feudal elements and the landlords. He also never calculated that migration of population would take place and a carnage would follow. These eventualities never entered his mind. This was because he was not a statesman and neither a thinker. The recent book 'Between the lines' by Kuldip Nayyar describes how Jinnah wailed 'What have I done' when he saw millions of people trudging to the opposite side of the borders.
3. The partition of India was thus a event which was illogical. It was like a building being built without a foundation. There was absolutely no genuine logical reasons to support it. The Islamic card was played for gaining power.
4. To hide one dishonest action one has to go through many
dishonest actions to defend it. So the endless Islamic rigidity was thrust on
the people of Pakistan by Bhutto to Zia to show that the declared
objectives for creation of Pakistan were indeed being implemented. Though in
this enthusiasm sections of muslims apart from minorities are being targetted.
5. The people of Pakistan inherently belongs to the same
secular stock to which their Indian brethren come from . They have inherited
the thousands of years of culture and civilization of plurality. It is in their
genes. It was therefore necessary to sow the seeds of hatred against India
through their educational system. Text books and Madrassas. Poor Pakistanis
have been again duped by the rulers. Till they hate India the rich can do their
work in accumulating wealth. The military can enjoy the privileges.
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