[Reader-list] Fwd: Banning Jinnah

[Lalit Ambardar]

There is indeed a widespread belief in India that M.A. Jinah did stand for Hindu Muslim unity. His opposition to Mahatma Gandhi's Khilafat movement fearing en mass mobilisation of Muslims because of the issue is also well known.
 
 But it was Jinnah's only 'direct action' programme that started the cycle of communal blood shed that set the ground for vivisection of India. 
It is also said that he was accorded an unsavoury reception by Kashmiris then at the Kohala Bridge to thwart his attempts to seduce them. Yet Pakistan continues till date to fuel secession in the name of religion in Kashmir. 
 
Instead of revisiting history that leads to reopening of the wounds periodically & sudden sense of insecurity in Pakistan, it would be better for both India & Pakistan to accept each other as a reality. Partition can not be undone. That is the only way to transform this most hostile neighbourhood.
Yet there can be no justification for banning the book unless the contents were likely to start a riot.
Regards all
LA
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> Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:33:05 +0530
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> > 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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