09-01-2004, 11:44 PM
Guy brush
Hmmm... yeah agree on that one, I should have said 'a major part of South Asia' was under undivided rule. That more than anything negates the 'Akhand Bharat' myth.
There is no doubt about the kind of behaviour we as a Nation metted out to our muslim brethren..(they were a major factor in the Pakistan struggle) in East Pakistan,.. we did think of ourselves in West Pakistan as the Martial races.. that thought us a lesson.. u can only push some one to a certain limit.
However, back in 1947.. Jinnah's first speech to the people of East Pakistan (Dhaka Univ) wherein he proclaimed Urdu to be the National language brought out muted cries of 'NO',. a leading opposer at that time was the student leader Mujeeb ur rehman. So the Bengalis were not on board to start with. The author of the Lahore resolution Fazlur Rehman (the erstwhile and poweful Chief Minister of Bengal (later Pakistan resolution) mentioned of independent states (later ammended as independant state)Having said that, we could still keep them aboard despite the enemy between us. Bengali was made an official language later in the Ayub Era,..but I guess it was too late by then.
I say Bhutto and Mujeeb because it was their decision that put a date on the partition of Pakistan ! Bhutto despite being the leader of the minority party thought it was his birth right to be our ruler,.. and Mujeeb by putting out the 6 points (which spelled out an independant country) and never making serious efforts to reconcile. Yahya though sided with Bhutto,.. but I give him a better grading,. he is the only person under whose interim government were held the most free, fair and impartial elections. Though, I am no great fan of the drunkard fool.
we are not only in love with Afghans, but the Iraninans, the palestenians, the Indonesians any one who's got a muslim name. I guess we see ourselves as the Big brother.. sadly none of the younger brothers have ever helped us in our hour of need.
The Afghans for one have pilferaged our very nation,.. an un reversable wrong has been done. Do you know the Islamic Republic of Iran's forces were on our eastern border in 1980.. right after the revolution because of a small border dispute.. Ofcourse the Iraqis pitched in and Iran had to dismantle the operation to keep its western borders clean.... Until then we had always thought that the Iranian part of the border is safe, therafter the Pakistani Army has put in plans to secure that part.
For once we need to think as PAKISTANIS first and foremost, like Dr. Mahathir's Malaysia.. that is one example we can replicate if we put our efforts into it.
Hmmm... yeah agree on that one, I should have said 'a major part of South Asia' was under undivided rule. That more than anything negates the 'Akhand Bharat' myth.
There is no doubt about the kind of behaviour we as a Nation metted out to our muslim brethren..(they were a major factor in the Pakistan struggle) in East Pakistan,.. we did think of ourselves in West Pakistan as the Martial races.. that thought us a lesson.. u can only push some one to a certain limit.
However, back in 1947.. Jinnah's first speech to the people of East Pakistan (Dhaka Univ) wherein he proclaimed Urdu to be the National language brought out muted cries of 'NO',. a leading opposer at that time was the student leader Mujeeb ur rehman. So the Bengalis were not on board to start with. The author of the Lahore resolution Fazlur Rehman (the erstwhile and poweful Chief Minister of Bengal (later Pakistan resolution) mentioned of independent states (later ammended as independant state)Having said that, we could still keep them aboard despite the enemy between us. Bengali was made an official language later in the Ayub Era,..but I guess it was too late by then.
I say Bhutto and Mujeeb because it was their decision that put a date on the partition of Pakistan ! Bhutto despite being the leader of the minority party thought it was his birth right to be our ruler,.. and Mujeeb by putting out the 6 points (which spelled out an independant country) and never making serious efforts to reconcile. Yahya though sided with Bhutto,.. but I give him a better grading,. he is the only person under whose interim government were held the most free, fair and impartial elections. Though, I am no great fan of the drunkard fool.
we are not only in love with Afghans, but the Iraninans, the palestenians, the Indonesians any one who's got a muslim name. I guess we see ourselves as the Big brother.. sadly none of the younger brothers have ever helped us in our hour of need.
The Afghans for one have pilferaged our very nation,.. an un reversable wrong has been done. Do you know the Islamic Republic of Iran's forces were on our eastern border in 1980.. right after the revolution because of a small border dispute.. Ofcourse the Iraqis pitched in and Iran had to dismantle the operation to keep its western borders clean.... Until then we had always thought that the Iranian part of the border is safe, therafter the Pakistani Army has put in plans to secure that part.
For once we need to think as PAKISTANIS first and foremost, like Dr. Mahathir's Malaysia.. that is one example we can replicate if we put our efforts into it.
