[Reader-list] Fwd: Banning Jinnah

[Iram Ghufran]

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> From: asad abbasi <asad_abbasi at hotmail.com 
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> To: <reader-list at sarai.net <mailto:reader-list at sarai.net>>
> Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:01:22 +0000
> Subject: Banning Jinnah
> Dear All,
> The ban on the book indicates the mentality that we, especially South 
> Asians, still possess.
> Jinnah, without a doubt is unique in this case. His biography has been 
> banned in Pakistan and now India.
> Stanley Wolpert's version showed a western side of Jinnah. "Port 
> Eating Muslim Leader" became the catchphrase but sad description the 
> book. Which at that time was not acceptable to the establishment of 
> Pakistan. I very much doubt whether it will be acceptable even now.
> And now after two decades, we see the same thing. Banning of the book 
> by Jaswant Singh, because he tries to portray Jinnah as someone who 
> stood for Muslim Hindu unity. which is something not portrayed in India. 
> Are we becoming so blind in our own ignorance and arrogance that what 
> ever comes to shatter our views we will try to block it and ban it?
> He may have eaten pork and he may have wanted United India. Can we not 
> picture this in our 21st century intellectual minds?. If we are not 
> open to at least hear the ideas which shatter our orthodox views, how 
> can we engage in healthy dialogue and discussions.
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> Regards,
> Asad
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