With hatred from Pakistan

When world fights with global economic melt down, India is forced to fight with Terrorism. But it is extremely unfortunate few foreign leaders as British foreign secretary David Milliband connect Kashmir issue with terrorism. Many countries in the world faces separatist issue, even UK had problem with IRA. China faces many separatist issue, but world doesn’t have any idea what is happening inside communist China. So it is natural a multi-cultural, multi-lingual, and multi-religious country like India has to live with too many problems. Whether one supports separatists or not is a different issue, but how many govt. will be ready to part with its land? It would be better to check their own backyard before issuing statements about other countries.

Besides Kashmir was never part of Pakistan. I really don’t understand what is the basis for their claim on Kashmir despite the fact that it is a muslim majority area. But we have muslims in all parts of India, she has the 2nd largest muslim population in the world after Indonesia.
But western leaders and medias are myopic in their understanding about India. For example after 26/11, BBC kept on reporting that ‘the many Hindu terror attacks that had taken place in recent times…’ when it give a Hindu tag to terror, it never mentioned ‘Islam terror’ in its reporting. I feel BBC is too eager to air anti-hindu sentiments in its reporting. I don’t say Hinduism is without flaw, it has got fanatical elements in it. Despite the oldest religion in the world, it doesn’t have a history of bloodshed as Christianity or Islam does have. India’s tolerance is essentially Hindu. When I say Hindu, I differentiate between Hindu fanatism and true essence of Hinduism.

When it comes to Indo-Pak conflict US too has her contibutin in it. Washington supported dictators and used Islam fanatics to counter communists (Soviet Union). It encouraged Pak army’s stand on India as a bully. The tragic climax is Osama bin Laden any many other militants. Obviously it is India who suffers worst through the insane policies of US in the past.

Today democratically elected Pakistan governement is a joke, the reality is that they are controlled by army and ISI which is more or less Talibanised. Even a liberated lady like Benazir couldn’t do much about that. The governement can’t trace the assassins of Benazir Bhutoo, but it is everybody to know that ISI is behind that. My friend in Pakistan told me sometime back that governement is afraid of Army and US controls it. I know common public left with no choice. There is good feeling among people of both the countries. There are instances that some shop keepers and taxi walahs refused to accept payments from Indians when they visited Pakistan. But unfortunately we have less chances to interact and to know each other.

Pak Army and ISI‘s India bashing is quite baseless except jealousy towards its rather successful neighbhour. A section of them do seem to share the mindless hatred in the words of Hafiz Muhammad Saeed (Lakshar-e-Taiyaba), “there can’t be any peace while India remains intact. Cut them, cut them, cut them so much that they kneel before you and ask for mercy”.
Obviously he is dreaming India to kneel down. India is tested many times of her patience. Yet she didn’t push herself into war as US did after 9/11. That is why India is a reality with all her limitations. That contributes to the success of India as a strong democracy while her neibhours are toiling with internal problems. I feel India can show the world that is already torn with violence, that Peace is not the option of a coward, but it is the choice of the strong and dignified.

Whenever Pakistan is accused of terror strikes in India, they would lament ‘we are also victims’. True, but victims of their own breed of hatred. So I suggest them to set their home right instead of shedding crocodile tears about terrorism.