On Dec. 16, 1971 Raja Gopalacharya reacted to the news of the surrender of the Pakistan Army in Dacca, "Her father created one Pakistan, she created two". Secularism is a pipe dream here, with strong religious institutions supported by government financing it is indeed not possible. Bangladesh today has over ten times more madrasahs than the whole subcontinent had before the partition of the subcontinent. Even the Hindu fundamentalism is on the rise here.
On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 12:01 AM, Sukhamaya Bain <subain1@yahoo.com> wrote:
I am actually no fan of Napoleon Bonaparte; just used his quote to make the point of agreeing with Mr. Subimal Chakrabarty that re-unification of the Indian sub-continent is not totally impossible, while maintaining myself that it would be very much unlikely in the foreseeable future.As for Nehru's quote, I would say that re-unification of India with today's Pakistan would be a much bigger problem for India than just a carbuncle on the butt; it would be like a huge cancerous tumor. Being born and raised up to 25 years and having a lot of friends and relatives there, I am reluctant to use the phrase "carbuncle on the butt" on Bangladesh. Moreover, I do see some ray of hope for Bangladesh. The country overall is certainly much better than Pakistan in terms of secular humanism, which seems to be in a growing mode there now.Sukhamaya Bain
From: Kamal Das <kamalctgu@gmail.com>
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 10:41 PM
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] FW: THE PARTITION AND TODAY'S PAKISTAN
About reunification Nehru said, "I don't want a carbuncle on my butt." We all know what Napoleon did to himself and France.
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