I would like to comment on Dr. Jiten Roy's observation that "Hindu-Muslims hatred, in the Indo-Pak-Bangladesh subcontinent, is now much more prominent than that of the undivided India."
No doubt about that. I would also suggest that any caring observer of how the partition of India happened in 1947 should have foreseen this. People like Allama Mashriqi and Maunala Abul Kalam Azad certainly foresaw this. There was a Hindu-Muslim divide prior to 1947, but the partition gave that division a more permanent status, with the birth of a hate-mongering state called Pakistan.
I am actually not against partitions. I think for the most part the residents of any locality should get their own country if they really want that, as long as it is not for establishing hatred and discrimination within the country, and as long as it not for establishing hostility against other countries. Of course, most people with common sense would not think of forming a new country that would not be economically viable. Most sensible people would prefer to remain a part of the existing bigger and viable country, unless if that existing country has proven to be too unjust.
The real problem of the 1947 partition was the hateful nature of Pakistan at and prior to its birth. The real problem of 1947 to now has been the hateful and discriminatory nature of Pakistan and Bangladesh, the latter being better than the former. The founding fathers of Pakistan were mostly unwilling, not just unable, to provide safety and security of the non-Muslims of the land in 1947. After 1947, hatred and discrimination against the non-Muslims have continued to dominate the socio-political culture of Pakistan and Bangladesh; again the latter being better, especially for a few years after 1971 and for the last few years. I have no doubt that, if Pakistan were to engage in a competition with India on secularism and democracy, the Hindu-Muslim hatred in the sub-continent would have diminished over the years since 1947, as opposed to increasing.
Sukhamaya Bain
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From: Jiten Roy <jnrsr53@yahoo.com>To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 9:20 PMSubject: Re: [mukto-mona] Allama "Mashriqi's role eulogized"
Yes, this is a serious point. The communal hatred was first brought into the Indian society by the higher caste Hindus through their discriminatory practices towards Muslims and the lower caste Hindus, which ultimately divided India. In fact, Pakistan may not be created without the support of the lower caste Hindus. As you know, the birth of Pakistan has broken so many families and communities apart. Pakistani administrations knew that, and they also knew that - they will need high level of communal hatred against India to keep those families and communities apart. As a result, they have been brainwashing their people to keep communality alive in Pakistan. If the level of hatred is reduced someday, those countries (Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan) may become confederate states. My observation is that - Hindu-Muslims hatred, in the Indo-Pak-Bangladesh subcontinent, is now much more prominent than that of the undivided India. But, the level of hatred between Hindus and non-Muslims (Sikh, Buddhists, Christians, Jews, etc.) did not change as much from the undivided Indian period. These facts lend support for my point of view. In fact, the Israel and Palestinian story is similar. A sovereign Palestinian state, created through communality, will not bring peace in that region also. The hatred and suffering will keep rising. Permanent peace cannot be attained through hatred. The best option, therefore, is amicable confederation also. Jiten Roy --- On Thu, 4/12/12, Subimal Chakrabarty <subimal@yahoo.com> wrote:
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