In Pakistan people avoid the word Partition. On August 14, they celebrate their 'deliverance' not so much from British rule as from Hindu Domination.
The concept of Pakistan was posterior, not prior, to Hindu-Muslim differences and suspicions.
In a chat with Kuldip Nayar, ex-chief justice A.M. Ahmadi calls for caution in judicial activism
If the BJP abjures its communal leanings, we can move towards a two-party system, ideal for a democratic polity. But the leadership's RSS tilt belies such expectations.
For the West, there are no shades of grey, there is only black and white
...JP had lamented in his twilight years. Kuldip Nayar remembers India's last conscience-keeper.
Not averse to modern tools, the activists only seek a return to the basic human ideals absent in the age of consumerism.
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