August 14th is the day India was partitioned..the day in which the two arms of Bhaarath maatha were cut into pieces.the day on which the humiliation of Hindus started..the day in which Gandhi realized the consequences of his folly and the day in which India was damaged beyond repair.
Pakistanis call it their "Independence Day".They stress more upon the "Independence" they got from India rather than the independence they got from the British.It was the day in which the vicious cycle of violence,looting and molestation started.It was the day in which Hinduism-the world's oldest religion-was put to test.We have been ruled for post part of our Post-Independence era by the Indian National congress-the party which voiced its assent to the partition.So,we do not read anything about the sufferings Hindus who lived in what is today's Pakistan were subjected to.We have read nothing of the humiliations Hindu women faced.We have read nothing of the forced religious conversions that took place.We have read nothing of the way in which Hindus were driven out of their ancestral homes.We have read nothing of the desecration of thousands of Hindu temples.We have heard nothing of the the atrocities committed to innocent Hindu children and the murder of just born Hindu infants..Our history textbooks portray partition as a silent and peaceful affair..It is as though Gandhi and jinnah had a cup of tea and drew the line of Control and went to their lands along with their tribes.All this is done in the name of "secularism",which actually means treating all religions equally.What an irony!
The most tragic event in the history of Bhaarath is portrayed like a land-sharing deal..Dynasties have been washed away..Dynasties,whose legacies we will never come to know.Pakistan was born on Aug 14th and her first act was to spill Hindu blood.Just think for a moment-what crime did those innocent Hindus commit?What justification can anyone give to the killing of infants born to Hindu parents?
What was the necessity to drive Hindus out of the homes in which they had been living peacefully for generations?Only an Ismlami fundamentalist can answer these questions.........
The birth of Pakistan was for all practical purposes-the death of Hindu pride.Hindu women were made to clothelessly parade in the streets of what is today known as Pakistan(translated as "Land of the pure").Many of them committed suicide to protect their modesty.Those were the very streets which they would've crossed a few days ago to buy vegetables for their families and toys for their children.They perhaps never knew all this would happen..It all happened too quickly for them to anticipate or comprehend..All this happened in the presence of the police,who provided total support to those blood-thirsty muslims..The impact one wrong decision can have..
The national boundaries were drawn on August 17th,1947..So,for a good period of time,Hindus didn't even know if they were in India or Pakistan.All this favored those religious fanatics superbly..While all this was happening,Gandhi and Nehru were nowhere to be seen.The so-called Mahatma who claimed to champion the cause of women's rights saw no reason to protect the modesty of Hindu women in their hour of doom..it was Pakistan,he claimed..but,it was Pakistan due to his blunder.Was it the mistake of those women that they were born as Hindus and as women??It said that even M.A.Jinnah later claimed that partition was the greatest blunder of his life..
August fourteenth,1947 poses so many questions to humanity..Questions to which we will never get answers..
Before you people wake up tomorrow and celebrate Aug 15th as Independence day,please pray God that nothing of this sort happens again...
References:May it please your honour
Gandhi-the curse for Hinduism
Various internet sites and my grandfather's memoirs..
