Vinod2070
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No offense is being taken. It is an attempt to explore ideas and, as you said, have "dispassionate arguments".
It was not aimed at you, but someone who may feel otherwise.
See, what RR, I and others are trying to suggest is that with the recent revisions of the curriculum, to better reflect our pre-Islamic history, there is an official movement in Pakistan attempting to reverse all those years of neglect. The opponents to this move, the MMA, are projected to be routed in the coming elections, signifying the shift in society. What we are suggesting is that change in attitudes is already occurring, and even if it were not, there are many historians and Pakistanis who do respect their history and the achievements of their ancestors, and just because of such people, Pakistanis have every right to claim the achievements and history of our ancestors.
AM, No issues if you claim that.
Every issue, if someone tries to appropriate that. Same as you feel that India is doing. Though even you agree that it is only because of the confusion in nomenclature.
No Indian claims that it is exclusively our history. In fact its the opposite. Most feel it is the common shared history.
The change is from Pakistani side. First they totally neglect, abandon or do worse with that history. And now the other extreme of trying to exclusively appropriate it.
The middle path of sharing the history which would also be the truthful one is any day fine with us Indians (at least most I would believe).