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Mr. Jinnah As "The Hindu" Saw Him
This extraordinary article from the Indian Newspaper The Hindu was forwarded to us by the blogger Red Diary from Lahore. While we obviously don’t agree with everything that was said, but this shows a magnanimity that is generally absent now. I wonder if The Hindu would have been described as treacherous for pointing out the obvious qualities of head and heart that Mr. Jinnah possessed. Mohammad Ali Jinnah as The Hindu saw him In the light … Read entire article »
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Jinnah's Secularism
Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the statesman, awaits a fair assessment, warts and all, which must include his own mistakes and grave lapses. From The Hindu By A G Noorani THERE is an aspect to L.K. Advani’s comments on Jinnah at Karachi which has been overlooked. A month or so earlier, Qazi Hussain Ahmed, the rabid Jamaat-e-Islami leader of Pakistan, had denounced Jinnah’s famous presidential speech to Pakistan’s Constituent Assembly on August 11, 1947. Advani’s praise and quotation from the speech has boosted the morale of Pakistan’s secularists who always cited it. … Read entire article »
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Partition of India: The Dialogue continues
In continuation of Pak Tea House’s earlier “Partition of India: a Dialogue” we reproduce from The Hindu, A G Noorani’s famous article “Assessing Jinnah” written in the aftermath of L K Advani’s “Jinnah is secular” scandal. This is a well written piece which praises Jinnah for his contribution to the freedom struggle but also takes him to task for his failings. It also calls for a balanced assessment of the man, and not the hero-demon dichotomy that exists in scholarship about him in the subcontinent. For Pakistanis, there are several lessons here which should be driven home and internalized: … Read entire article »
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