On Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s 148th birth anniversary, a look at how teenage years in London took him to Lincoln’s Inn, Shakespeare, and Savile Row—and inspired new ambitions.
Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.
What is revolting is that Jinnah enjoys unmatched popularity in 21st century India. The list of his fanboys reads like a Who’s Who of Indian politics – Akhilesh Yadav, Tejaswi Yadav, Derek O’Brien, Mamata Banerjee, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Digvijaya Singh, etc.
The Left-liberal ecosystem in India, assisted by the Leftist- Islamist cabal in Western academia, has very effectively re-written modern Indian history in such a way that the blame for the partition of India has been placed on the shoulders of Savarkar, Golwalkar, Moonje, S Mukherjee and others from the Hindu right-wing political leadership. At the same time absolving Jinnah, Liaquat Ali, the Ali brothers, Suhrawardy and others from the Muslim League of any responsibility for the same.
History has been turned on it’s head – upside down.
The Hindus have been blamed while the Muslims were exonerated.
What is revolting is that Jinnah enjoys unmatched popularity in 21st century India. The list of his fanboys reads like a Who’s Who of Indian politics – Akhilesh Yadav, Tejaswi Yadav, Derek O’Brien, Mamata Banerjee, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Digvijaya Singh, etc.
The Left-liberal ecosystem in India, assisted by the Leftist- Islamist cabal in Western academia, has very effectively re-written modern Indian history in such a way that the blame for the partition of India has been placed on the shoulders of Savarkar, Golwalkar, Moonje, S Mukherjee and others from the Hindu right-wing political leadership. At the same time absolving Jinnah, Liaquat Ali, the Ali brothers, Suhrawardy and others from the Muslim League of any responsibility for the same.
History has been turned on it’s head – upside down.
The Hindus have been blamed while the Muslims were exonerated.