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Thursday, September 15, 2011

Re: [mukto-mona] Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury's column--my comments--see below

Good post!!



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From: Kamal Das <kamalctgu@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury's column--my comments--see below

 
Quaid-e-Azam was a title given to Jinnah by none other than M. K. Gandhi.  Mr. Jinnah was a barrister of enough reputation to serve both in India and Great Britain.  He gave up politics and Lived in England since Willingdon became Viceroy in 1929.  Then he was picked up by the British Rulers and sent from London to preside over Muslim League.  Liaquat Ali Khan was never happy about it.  The Quaid's death is shrouded in mystery.  Even the ambulance carrying him did not reach the hospital in time.  When Fatima Jinnah was reading an obituary, Radio Pakistan went off the air for unknown reasons.  In death bed, Jinnah is said to have repented his role in the partition of India.  His greatest mistake, he said, was the creation of Pakistan.  Though religion is a political instrument, sometimes it works antagonistically.  Jinah loved pork sandwitch, and never prayed in Islamic style.  Only time he donned a turkish cap was when made to do so to have his picture printed on currency notes.  On the other hand, Moulana Azad was a devout Muslim and an ardent nationalist.  He believed that partition would only hurt the Muslims in the subcontinent.  In less than hundred years, the Maulana has been proved to be prophetic in predictions.  To draw a conclusion, one should remember what Louis Mountbatten said during the liberation war of Bangladesh, "Had we predicted the fast rise of China, we would have left India undivided."  So it was the British rulers, not Jinnah or Nehru, who can be credited with the creation of Pakistan, now the epicenter of Islamic terrorism.

2011/9/14 Jiten Roy <jnrsr53@yahoo.com>

This is a very informative article, as expected, from Ghaffar Chowdhury. I liked every thing he said in this article.
 
It reminded me of a talk I gave in a seminar at the St. John's University, right after the general election in 2001 in Bangladesh. This seminar was organized to protest the wide spread targeted attacks on the religious minorities in Bangladesh, especially Hindus, by BNP and Jamati cadres after their election victory. The title of my talk was "The Forgotten Religious Minorities." I raised the very same question that Ghaffar Chowdhury has raised in his article, which is – partition of India has made religious minorities, on both sides, suddenly alien in their own ancestral homeland for no fault of their own, and altered their destiny forever.  On the contrary, majority, especially leaders, have reaped the fruits of the partition, and have totally forgotten to think about the possible impact of the partition on the lives of those minorities left behind. Otherwise, repatriation of religious minorities from both parts would have been mandatory with the partition. Who gave those leaders the right to play with the destiny of millions of people? I asked. This article has brought back that thought once again after 10 years. Ghaffar Chowdhury is correct – communality gave birth to the partition of India, and partition perpetuated communality in that region. It was a grave miscalculation on the part of the leadership of both sides. Such communality cannot be erased easily. I do not think communal harmony can ever be established between India and Pakistan. I will be the happiest man on earth if I am proven to be wrong someday.
 
Bangladesh is altogether a different animal. Here we are lucky to have an instrument - called the Bangalee-Nationalism - that can form the required bond between different religious communities. Only Awami League can use it, but they have so far avoided it. I don't know why?
 
Jiten Roy
--- On Mon, 9/12/11, S A Hannan <sahannan@sonarbangladesh.com> wrote:

From: S A Hannan <sahannan@sonarbangladesh.com>
Subject: [mukto-mona] Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury's column--my comments--see below
To: dahuk@yahoogroups.com, "'Khobor'" <khabor@yahoogroups.com>, sahannan@yahoogroups.com, mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com, banglarnari@yahoogroups.com, "'WitnessPioneer'" <witness-pioneer@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Monday, September 12, 2011, 11:59 PM

 
 
dhaka থেকে shah abdulhannan লিখেছেন, ১২ সেপ্টেম্বর ২০১১; রাত ০৯:৪৩
 
Quaid Azam was not a half educated Barrister, he was the leader of all the Muslims of the subcontinent.He was also the leader of Bengali Muslims including Mr.Suhrawardy, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and probably also Gaffar sahibin 1940 onwards.
Gaffar sahib has forgotten history.Pakistan with the then two parts in 1947 was the result of efforts of all Muslims of the subcontinent.
Indian Muslims sacrificed their interests knowing full well that they would be mistreated in India.Even then they wanted true ( not false) independence of Muslim majority areasof India .
The reason for partition may be seen in Joswant Sings book on Mr Jinnah.
East Bengal Muslims became ten times advanced in economy than west Bengal Muslims even in Pakistan times.From no Jute Mills there were established 100 jute Mills and so many other industries including Steel Mil, Paper Mill, News paper Mill and also the second port of Mangla.Bangladesh has continued to develop and West Bengal development is much poor.
Gaffar sahib will understand his folly if ha asks Bangladeshis if they now want to join India now. 67644
 

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