God knows when Jaswant Singh decided to write a book on Mohammad Ali Jinnah, eventually he wrote his own political obituary. He has been the news of the week and yesterday’s Sunday Times was no different. It had some special write ups on Indian Independence Movement in general and on Jinnah in particular. I read some interesting information which I would like to share with the SOBS readers, they are as below:
· Some say Jinnah was a secular Indian, messiah of Hindu-Muslim unity till he turned a staunch supporter for the cry of Pakistan and finally turned secular after the formation of Pakistan. Commenting on this Mushirul Hasan, historian and vice-chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia says, “I am reminded of a line from Ghalib: Ki mere katl ke baad, usne jafaa se tauba(after killing me he swore never to cause pain).” Jinnah demanded Pakistan as a time when most Muslims were not in its favour and religious organizations such as the Jamiat-e-Ulema has rejected the two nation theory, Hasan says.
I particularly liked the Ghalib’s lines.
· Mohammad Hanif , famous journalist and author of Pakistan, in the interview says:
“Some on recently said, what do you expect from a country where the father of the nation (M A Jinnah) happens to be a brother of the mother of the nation (Fatima Jinnah). So it’s a bit of dysfunctional family.”
What an interesting fact?
Will keep you updated if I come to read any such lesser known or ignored quotes.
Keep reading!!!
