Wednesday, August 10, 2011

The Reason for Pakistan's obsession with India

It all started with a separation, usually there are always two major reasons behind this kind of act, the first one (the very common one also) is based on mutual understanding or assertion between both the parties, those are getting separated. This is a very safe and much peaceful way of getting separated. By this way both the parties finally come at a common platform, have a common thinking and decide at one thing and that is, to get separated for the happiness and comfort to all.
The second one is a bit obscure; it is obscure because in this kind of separation only one decides to get separate from the other. It is his/her wish to get separated from other, based on his/her choice and the reason could be anything. The “any reason” makes it obscure, a quite vague situation for the one who is at the other end of this act, who is still finding the reason which caused the separation.  
And now the third one… an unusual one, this is the most harmful, painful and bloody kind. It is a violent separation, this separation is a bitter fruit laden on the branches of autocracy, fertilized with hate, terror, and loot and sprinkled with the blood of millions of innocents. And convicts are non-other than, the unhealthy interests and filthy intentions of the third party. Usually it is performed when third party seeks for some benefit out of it, it can be in any form financial, physical, a revenge or could be a social pillage. 
Let’s discuss a bit in depth on this third kind… will go about 70 years back in Indian sub continent history and try to dig up few graves.                  
It was the year of 1947; place British India, the two separation seeking or rather being forced to get separated parties were “India” and “to be- Pakistan(east and west)” on the interest of British rule. Actually this example is a mix of second and third both kinds of separation. The second kind is included because a set of Indians suddenly “woke up” and asked to get separation from the rest of India or more specifically from a particular set of people who belongs to the other religion than that of their. They dreamed of a country in which only those people are allowed to live who come from the same religion, faith or belief. And apparently British had cashed out of their dreams.
About 70 years back Pakistan got separated from India and it seems like they still couldn’t separate themselves from their roots, in fact they have been trying so much that it has become their habit. And the hard they try, the deeper they get screwed. There is a psychology working behind Pakistan’s unhealthy obsession with India, It can separate from India geographically but it is hard to avoid or disconnect from its culture or past that still lies in its core. You can separate body parts but when you try to separate soul you simply loose life, same is happening with Pakistan now.
After separation from India, Pakistan had to work hard on building itself as a nation. It had to build a completely new country, which had to have strictly nothing in common with India. In the absence of true national identity, Pakistan defined it self by its opposition to India in front of rest of the World. The more it condemns India by rejecting India’s culture, people’s belief and their ideology the more it is ending up by loosing its own people’s culture, belief and support. The birth of Pakistan was based on the belief of not including people other than Muslim religion. So Pakistan never liked India as a secular state who’s 80% of total population is Hindu.
Once being a part of India now portrays itself as a nuclear power enabled neighbor, who never fails any opportunity of making red circles or showing elevated doted lines over major cities on India’s map as a soft nuclear bomb blast targets and its Gauri missile’s long ranges. Pakistan has actually become nothing more than but a dangerous brand of Muslim extremists. And this is because the actual power lies in bloody hands of Pakistani Army; Pakistan government is just a hand-puppet. On every issue or crisis Pakistan’s government always tries to mislead their people and world by keeping its humble or cooperative face in front, whereas always actual decision and action is made by its army, which has the whiff of Taliban. And the truth of its dual face was unveiled on May 1st of this very year, when Osama was killed garrison town of Abbottabad by US Navy. Pakistan army is the beneficiary of vast amounts of American assistance and money— $11 billion since 9/11—the military has diverted a significant amount of these resources to arming itself against India. On their western side, it has sought neither security nor stability but rather a backyard, which—once the Americans leave.
The time and money Pakistan is spending over Kashmir border if even 1/3rd of it was invested in Swat valley (North-West Pakistan), the picture would have been different or much in favor of Pakistan today. The control over swat valley could have kept Taliban on their back foot and Pakistan would avoid their 80% of terrorist attacks and bombing. However if we talk about the real scenario, the Pakistani army deployed on Kashmir border is busy in doing brain wash of local people, train them and pushing them in India via PoK-kashmir border to kill innocent people in the name of jihad. There are hell lot of evidences pilled up in support to realize the fact that many officers of Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI and Army are working as a chief or mentor for several militant groups active in PoK like Lashker-e-Tayyba and their involvement in Mumbai attack in 2008. This army, whose might has always been justified by the imaginary threat from India, has been more harmful to Pakistan than to anybody else.   
Pakistan’s current situation could have been much better and peaceful if it was developed as a unique nation rather than being developed as an enemy or a counter part of India.

8 comments:

  1. Your indivine description brought me here. Written very meticulously and great post.

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  2. The last bit describes the situation very well! I recently read few pakistani blogs and people think the way we do, and i have met some pakistanis here...they are just like us. its all media hype, impact of terror attacks and politics...

    You should read what I posted here (http://chintangupta.blogspot.com/2011/08/notions.html) and even a blog that has interviews of the people who were affected by partition.

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  3. my school friend (a christian) is married to a pakistani muslim n she too says the same. we are very similar n all the hatred n bitterness isnt there in the hearts of ordinary people like u n me

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  4. chintan and sujatha.. that is why we still have regular peace talks and ask for cooperation in all fields otherwise theses politicians and pak army have left nothing but unnecessary killing of innocent people.Due to the pressure from civil society we have all talks no bullets.

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  5. well said Himanshu.The common man in Pakistan and to a good extent in India has been deprived of the fruits of development. So unless we the common man decide to take our own decisions for our own long term vested interests, they will keep devising new strategies to divert our attention, resources, create issues and spend our own money to solve those issues.

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  6. I don’t know how should I give you thanks! I am totally stunned by your article. You saved my time. Thanks a million for sharing this article.

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