Partition was not Hindus Idea.. It was a brain child of Jinnah.. You opted to share his dream and moved from India.. You had a choice to remain here in your hometown and you decided to migrate from here. So why blaming others for your mistake in choosing?
How was my fathers and grandfathers and my moving from Lucknow my fault rather than the Hindutvadis who ran people like me and
@waz off. Anyway we can't blame all Hindus but it is clear as daylight that there is inaction against the RSS while strict punishment is given to Afzal Guru
Offcource there are relatives of Pakistanis here in India and always wanted peace between nations and its not Indians who claimed that we do not share same culture too..
I would say some practices are similar but culture is often defined by religion. We have a lot of religious differences, for example cow slaughter.
The blame of that goes to Pakistanis only.
The blame on us is, particularly we who moved for not integrating the muslims of that region. There are many, especially older muslims who are staunchly Pakistani. For example my nana who is now dead but was a promoter and ally to Pakistan. He married almost every daughter to people who moved from those parts, he was such an idealist of Pakistan.
The blame does not fall on Pakistan but on Pakistanis. We should have integrated muslims left there and treated them as our citizens instead of Indian ones. That is where we failed. However Pakistan gave us a home and asylum. That is more than we need. Now its our turn to serve the nation. We should have a policy of giving citizenship to anyone that moves to Pakistan, regardless of even religion race or other identity.
As I said, Muslims in India had a choice to move to Pakistan. Some choose to move and some not.. You have every right on people who moved to Pakistan but Indian muslim's are our and not the responsibility of Pakistan.
Having family from both sides of the control line I strongly disagree. These people voted for Pakistan, for the AIML in 1946 elections which was vouching for a independent Pakistan. My nana was one of them. You can't think I will ignore their sacrifice to form Pakistan? There is a clear link between us and Muslims left there, particularly those who believe their regions should have gone to Pakistan.
And if Pakistanis think killing their own countrymen or destroying temple in their country in response to what happening in India, then as a nation you failed your countrymen..
I think one thing being from a minority family that moved to where we were a majority is that I can feel the pain and anguish of minorities. Rest assured we will do everything in our power to ensure Pakistani Hindus don't feel how my parents felt in our own homes (which is Lucknow and other regions)
Pakistanis are much more liberal than they seem and we will protect Pakistani Hindus because actually we went through the same thing.
Please you cannot protect your own citizens from sectarian and other forms of terrorism.. People like Mujahid are only living in a dream world and there are Indian muslims like @Ejaz_R or
@The_Showstopper will tell you otherwise
They are not living in dream world. They know a major reality. If another gujarat or babri (Mumbai) riots occur, the only safe place for them to be and that will help them out is Pakistan. Again there is and always will be a link between Pakistan and muslims left on the other side.
Thats the main point.. You cannot blame on other country's for your country's failure to protect your countrymen..
Well India shining has been a good way to bury the mistakes and problems India has caused. The Indians invaded Hyderabad in operation polo. Before partition that city had 60% muslims ad 40% Hindus. India played its cards so that very little land would go to Pakistan which was exactly what happened and a lot of Muslims remained trapped there. My parents moved much later after 1947 partition. You invaded Assam, Kashmir and Hyderabad. All regions that were to go to Pakistan.
This is not the fault of Pakistan but clearly India's fault. I am not blaming another country for our failure to protect our citizens. I am only painting a picture which is clear and shows that India has still much to do in regards to treating minorities fairly and they didn't give all muslims a chance to move.
By taking our land and properties India only caused itself to be hated. India didn't give much choice to people except to migrate. RSS even today is responsible for some of the worst practices. No action against them but hey lets hang Afzal Guru
