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.
Arif Zakaria, who plays Jinnah in Freedom At Midnight, makes it a point to stumble over the Urdu speech scenes. After all, Jinnah was not comfortable with the language.
Analysts, however, feel commemoration of Jinnah's 76th death anniversary was a one-off, but admit that New Delhi and Dhaka will have to take calculated steps going forward.
Till Hasina’s ouster in August this year, an event observing Jinnah’s death anniversary and public proclamations praising him would have been unthinkable.
Founded and headed by Haji Mohammed Allarakha Shivji, Visami Sadi was published monthly between 1916 and 1920. It's content and visuals remain unparalleled.
From Zia-ul-Haq’s infamous vetting of newspapers to Nawaz Sharif tapping phone conversations of journalists, journalism in Pakistan has been a daunting profession.
Facts don't sit well with those who buy into nationalist mythology. Truth is, Jinnah's efforts to unite Hindus and Muslims were rebuffed by Gandhi and Nehru.
Religion was just not the point of the idea of Pakistan. Imran Khan's mix of faux patriotism and religious populism will plague the country for decades.
World Bank data highlights a lack of government programmes that provide women entrepreneurs access to finance and training, which can support them in opening and running a business.
India used multiple types of aircraft, air to surface missiles & air defence systems to inflict damage to PAF. Almost all strikes were covered by high-res recon UAVs & satellites.
Pakistani establishments and their proxies are prone to severe, predictable 7-year-itch. Each step up the escalation ladder buys India about this many years of deterrence on average.
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.