09-01-2004, 06:58 AM
Pracs
agreed with most of the stuff you wrote. Just want to make a few points/clarifications/corrections.
a) India was not united even under the above mentioned. Modern day Bengal and NWFP/Baluchistan were never under Ashoka's rule. Similarly, South India was never conquered by the Moghuls, hence wasnt part of Akbar's or Aurangzeb's empires.
<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial" id=quote>quote<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>There are people across the border who are waiting for Pakistan to fail, they don't care for another 3 Bangladeshes... Pakistan is an anti thesis for them.<hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial" size=2 id=quote>
b) Well there are loonies on all sides. <img src=icon_smile.gif border=0 align=middle> Our ppl arent too saintly in this regards either. Some of them still shout "Hindustan ke tukrey tukrey honey tak humari jang jaari rahey gi".
c) I dont know why we are in so much love with our afghan "brethren" whilst they have always opposed us right from our independence.
d) Pracs, i think that it would be unwise to put all the blame of the breakup of Pakistan on only two (or three if Yahya is included) persons. It was a ongoing process which started right from independence and culminated in the times of Bhutto, Mujeeb and Yahya. Our misfortune was that were ruled by some bloody opportunists at the time who were all ready to forsake the national interest for their personal politics. I believe that even they couldnt foresee at the time that things would go that bad or would eventually end up in the breakup of Pakistan. (Maybe Mujeeb did... but who knows)
And besides, We never treated the Bengalis properly or gave them their due share in the country's resources or governance in the first place. They were always 2nd grade citizens for us... only good for cleaning, washing and farming. According to us, those "4 1/2 foottey" were supposedly not fit for the army or police. IMHO the things which happend in '71 were bound to happen ... if not in '71, then sometime later... but they were surely bound to happen, just because we thought of us as superior beings in comparison to Bengalis.
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Arrrgh... it sure's gonna be mighty rough sailin' today ... mates!
agreed with most of the stuff you wrote. Just want to make a few points/clarifications/corrections.
a) India was not united even under the above mentioned. Modern day Bengal and NWFP/Baluchistan were never under Ashoka's rule. Similarly, South India was never conquered by the Moghuls, hence wasnt part of Akbar's or Aurangzeb's empires.
<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial" id=quote>quote<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>There are people across the border who are waiting for Pakistan to fail, they don't care for another 3 Bangladeshes... Pakistan is an anti thesis for them.<hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial" size=2 id=quote>
b) Well there are loonies on all sides. <img src=icon_smile.gif border=0 align=middle> Our ppl arent too saintly in this regards either. Some of them still shout "Hindustan ke tukrey tukrey honey tak humari jang jaari rahey gi".
c) I dont know why we are in so much love with our afghan "brethren" whilst they have always opposed us right from our independence.
d) Pracs, i think that it would be unwise to put all the blame of the breakup of Pakistan on only two (or three if Yahya is included) persons. It was a ongoing process which started right from independence and culminated in the times of Bhutto, Mujeeb and Yahya. Our misfortune was that were ruled by some bloody opportunists at the time who were all ready to forsake the national interest for their personal politics. I believe that even they couldnt foresee at the time that things would go that bad or would eventually end up in the breakup of Pakistan. (Maybe Mujeeb did... but who knows)
And besides, We never treated the Bengalis properly or gave them their due share in the country's resources or governance in the first place. They were always 2nd grade citizens for us... only good for cleaning, washing and farming. According to us, those "4 1/2 foottey" were supposedly not fit for the army or police. IMHO the things which happend in '71 were bound to happen ... if not in '71, then sometime later... but they were surely bound to happen, just because we thought of us as superior beings in comparison to Bengalis.
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Arrrgh... it sure's gonna be mighty rough sailin' today ... mates!
