Devil's Advocate :: Jaswant Singh :: Part-II :: 2/4 :: 1947 Partition :: Gandhi, Jinnah both failed

"Monday sees the publication of a biography of Mohammed Ali Jinnah which challenges the way we in India have seen the founder of Pakistan. It reassess Nehru's role in Partition, it sheds fresh light on the relationship between the Mahatma Gandhi and Jinnah.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singhs book is likely to attract considerable attention and may be even a fair amount of controversy. Karan Thapar, in a special two-part interview with the author, discusses the book with Singh, a former defence, foreign and finance minister of India and also a former soldier............"

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/gandhi-jinnah-both-failed-jaswant/99323-37.html

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• Devil's Advocate
• Jaswant Singh
• Karan Thapar
• Mohammed Ali Jinnah
• Indo-Pak Partition 1947
• Nehru
• Gandhi
• Jinnah

[mystz1]

When Jaswant Singh talks about Nehru and Congress in the book; he is talking about 'facts'; when he says Pakistan and Bangladesh are failures, he is expressing his 'opinion'.. learn the different b/w the two

[mystz1]

Obviously if you don't step out of the rock u're living under you won't know about any good book or anything good in general regarding Pakistan.. Read 'Crossed Swords' by Shujah Nawaz and 'Military Inc' by Ayesha Siddiqa.. they're not Indian related but more about self-criticism.. being Pakistanis, they criticize Pakistan but their books are not banned in Pakistan.

[zafarso]

mystiz 1

India is a well functioning democracy. Pakistan is a failed experiment. Get that through your bigoted head. Jaswant Singh Ji is right about the failed `islamic republic of nothing works' with a corrupt military that has eaten the country.

[zafarso]

Jaswant Singh Ji is right. Muslims are not a separate nation and would have had gretaer security and a better future in undivided India.

One hopes we can find the gift of coming together in peace.

[rekhajoy]

@sbh02 and ??? Pakistan has no minority to say...btw, your statement is incorrect...

[sbh02]

It's not Jinnah's fault that Indian Muslims did not leave India at the time of partition, who are now being treated as aliens in India... everyone is allowed to make whatever choices they want in life,& at that time some Indian Muslims made that choice. Trust me, its not just the Muslims (Indian, Pakistani or Bangladeshi) that are suffering: a lot of minorities in India (Sikhs, Christians etc) are suffering in "secular India", as well as many hindus entrenched in poverty. EVERYONE is a FAILURE.

[mystz1]

*yawn* the fact that Jinnah single-handedly drafted the Lukhnow Pact - the biggest symbol of Hindu-Muslim unity; was a FACT.. and Gokhle was merely interpreting that fact when he called Jinnah an 'ambassador of Hindu-Muslim unity'.. learn some English and historiography and then try to make attempts at intellectual discussion

[mystz1]

wrong.. population of Hindus dramatically decreased DURING partition as most Hindus left for India.. by the time 1951 census was conducted in Pakistan.. there were about 1m Hindus remaining in Pakistan.. today there are around 2.5m.. Learn some facts instead of anti-Pakistan rhetoric from Indian press.

[souminsp]

thats what you feel...those whom you are talking facts were personal opinions sometime( like gokhle told him ambassador of hindu muslim unity..it was his opinion)

[Fahasha]

You are il informed The ratio of muslim Hindu in 47 was 1: 4 Muslim didnot want pemanent Perpetual MINORITY status obviously who will & why

Soif half of 10 crore left in Pakistan there were 5 crores or %) million muslims of India.

Now in India muslimand NON muslims are ALSO three times that is three times that

[jasonsaps]

"TheShazaib" ... I am just curious ... is it true?... during partition hindu's were 25% population of pakistan and now they are 1.5% ... and in india, population of muslim was 1.5 million at time of partition and now it is 18 million ... Please answer me ... meanwhile I am from gujarat .... if you feel so sympathetic than please send some cheque or cash for our muslim's relief (Make sure they are USD or INR) .. Your rupee has got no value ...