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I had great respect for Mr. Kuldeep Nayar, but no more. For example, he wrote:
"Before India was partitioned, he sent his close associate, Sadiq Sahib, who subsequently became the state chief minister, to Islamabad to get the feel of Pakistan. On returning, Sadiq reported to the Sheikh that Pakistan wanted to be an Islamic state. The Sheikh straightaway made up his mind and refused to accept any proposal which did not meet with his ethos of secularism came across this article by chance."
Does he not know that Indian was partitioned on mid-August 1947. Whereas Islamabad was only conceived during the Ayyub era and only came into being in 1960, full 13 years later!"
https://www.telegraphindia.com/indi...-determined-to-become-a-theocracy/cid/1695891
I am losing my faith in journalism. Mr. Nayyar was born in 1923 & died in 2018. He must have been fully aware of the history of Islamabad. If a veteran journalist such as Kuldeep Nayar can deliberately mislead the readers, can anyone really accept anything other subcontinent journalists say about anything else?
Another possibility is that since Mr. Nayar is no more, somebody else wrote the article but Indian Telegraph published it in Mr. Nayar's name to give it more credence. This is even worse. This means that some Indian newspapers have no 'Consciences' whatsoever!
Nevertheless, I would suggest a full reading of the article to understand the mindset of the Indians in nothing else. Sheikh Abdullah was certainly no friend of Pakistan.
"Before India was partitioned, he sent his close associate, Sadiq Sahib, who subsequently became the state chief minister, to Islamabad to get the feel of Pakistan. On returning, Sadiq reported to the Sheikh that Pakistan wanted to be an Islamic state. The Sheikh straightaway made up his mind and refused to accept any proposal which did not meet with his ethos of secularism came across this article by chance."
Does he not know that Indian was partitioned on mid-August 1947. Whereas Islamabad was only conceived during the Ayyub era and only came into being in 1960, full 13 years later!"
https://www.telegraphindia.com/indi...-determined-to-become-a-theocracy/cid/1695891
I am losing my faith in journalism. Mr. Nayyar was born in 1923 & died in 2018. He must have been fully aware of the history of Islamabad. If a veteran journalist such as Kuldeep Nayar can deliberately mislead the readers, can anyone really accept anything other subcontinent journalists say about anything else?
Another possibility is that since Mr. Nayar is no more, somebody else wrote the article but Indian Telegraph published it in Mr. Nayar's name to give it more credence. This is even worse. This means that some Indian newspapers have no 'Consciences' whatsoever!
Nevertheless, I would suggest a full reading of the article to understand the mindset of the Indians in nothing else. Sheikh Abdullah was certainly no friend of Pakistan.