“Jinnah: India, Partition, Independence”

“Jinnah: India, Partition, Independence” is the name of a new book launched two days back on August 17th. The book is written by India’s senior politician Jaswant Singh, a former Indian Foreign and Finance Minister and a member of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Jaswant in his new book, praised the founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, and described him as a “great man” and said that India had not only misunderstood Jinnah but demonized him. The book puts the blame of the division of “United India” and the creation of Pakistan on Jawaharlal Nehru rather than on Jinnah. 

Jaswant’s book has stirred up a huge controversy in India where Muhammad Ali Jinnah has been demonized for splitting India, creating a separate homeland for Muslims. In his comments, Jaswant said,

I was unable to convince myself that Mohammad Ali Jinnah was a demon (as some Indians believe). I was also unable to convince myself of the ideography of Jinnah as some in Pakistan believe. He was neither. He was a man of flesh and blood,

Sadly, two days after the book was launched, BJP’s leadership cancelled Mr. Singh’s party membership and expelled him from the party. In his press conference this morning, very emotional Mr. Singh was very disappointed by the Party’s decision and said,

"I had never imagined that 30 years of my service would have ended this way. It's regretful,"

It is really unfortunate for all of us that our leaders (Pakistani leaders are no different) have zero tolerance for the truth, for their own history. The is the only reason we are still a third world country, and I am afraid, will forever remain a third world country because we have a very short memory span and tend to forget our past very quickly. Instead of learning from the past we ignore it, only to repeat the same mistakes all over again.

I would urge all of you to support Jaswant Singh and buy his book. (I will post a link from where you can buy it as soon as I get it.)

Sources

- “From BJP's Hanuman, I am now its Ravana: Jaswant” - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/india/From-BJPs-Hanuman-I-am-now-its-Ravana-Jaswant/articleshow/4910486.cms
- “Jinnah According to Jaswant” - http://www.jaswantsingh-mp.com/interview/jinnah_jaswant.html
- “Jinnah was a great man” - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/4900197.cms