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**Lt_Apple** · 06-29-2006, 10:05 PM

Thanks for all who visited this thread...

One clarification. This thread does not go into whether Gandhi was good or Godse was good.. It just tries to turn back into some black pages of history...
What every one is made to believe is Godse is one devil who killed the divine Gandhi. But as in any case, there is another side of coin which everyone ignores/ overlooks. This thread is an effort to look into the other side of the coin..

Yes Rami, u r right there are 2 sides of a coin. But we often forget who tossed the coin.
There are 3 dimensions to this,
1) The tossing of the coin.
2)Hindu killings on one side.
3)Muslim killings on the other.

Both Hindus and Muslims were killed, raped, looted and lost their homeland? Its a strange paradox that Musharaf's native/birth place is in India while Advani's is in Pakistan.
I wouldn't agree that Gandhi was the only deciding soul who agreed for partition. They were lots of bigger players and it falls down to every one of them as well. Not least of all the 'ruler'. Do you know why the 1946 pre-partition talks failed?
Blaming partition on one person is not fair.

The British knew that religious tensions were flaring, so why did not they deploy adequate troops during partition? After enjoying all the benefits from India for 100s of years, the least they could have done was a proper pull out. Its a shame that they haven't learnt from their past mistakes and are hell bent on doing the same thing in Iraq all over again (under American wings). There is something with labour governments and messing up nations.

Recently i watched an episode of 'We the People' filmed in Pakistan. It was interesting to hear the Pakistani views on partition. One elderly journalist said that leaders from both sides should apologize unconditionally to both sides. However the younger generation seemed not to approve the idea. What is done cannot be reversed and they just want to move on. Don't we all?

06-29-2006, 10:05 PM	#18
Lt_Apple Join Date Dec 2008 Posts 4,489 Senior Member	Thanks for all who visited this thread... One clarification. This thread does not go into whether Gandhi was good or Godse was good.. It just tries to turn back into some black pages of history... What every one is made to believe is Godse is one devil who killed the divine Gandhi. But as in any case, there is another side of coin which everyone ignores/ overlooks. This thread is an effort to look into the other side of the coin.. Yes Rami, u r right there are 2 sides of a coin. But we often forget who tossed the coin. There are 3 dimensions to this, 1) The tossing of the coin. 2)Hindu killings on one side. 3)Muslim killings on the other. Both Hindus and Muslims were killed, raped, looted and lost their homeland? Its a strange paradox that Musharaf's native/birth place is in India while Advani's is in Pakistan. I wouldn't agree that Gandhi was the only deciding soul who agreed for partition. They were lots of bigger players and it falls down to every one of them as well. Not least of all the 'ruler'. Do you know why the 1946 pre-partition talks failed? Blaming partition on one person is not fair. The British knew that religious tensions were flaring, so why did not they deploy adequate troops during partition? After enjoying all the benefits from India for 100s of years, the least they could have done was a proper pull out. Its a shame that they haven't learnt from their past mistakes and are hell bent on doing the same thing in Iraq all over again (under American wings). There is something with labour governments and messing up nations. Recently i watched an episode of 'We the People' filmed in Pakistan. It was interesting to hear the Pakistani views on partition. One elderly journalist said that leaders from both sides should apologize unconditionally to both sides. However the younger generation seemed not to approve the idea. What is done cannot be reversed and they just want to move on. Don't we all?
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