The partition was an aberration caused due to hostile forces and shortsightedness of the politicians. It is necessary for the greatness of both nations that the partition should go and a relationship based on mutual trust and understanding be established. The failure to do so could thwart India's destiny and even result in foreign invasion and conquest.! Sri AurobindoThe great revoltionary,freedom fighter and spiritual teacher was a firm believer in the common destiny of India and Pakistan and consistently maintained that India and Pakistan were one and indivisible and had a common soul and destiny. The entire Indian sub-continent has a sublime role to play in world affairs and show the path to peace,harmony and brotherhood of man! Both religions Hinduism and Islam have co-existed in India for several millennia. Some of the great rulers,thinkers,philosophers,poets and saints had muslim ancestry.Emperor Akbar even tried to propogate a new religion Din-e-Illahi based on the principles of Sufism. Guru Nanak embraced the best features of Vedanta and Islam to establish Sikhism. The true cultural roots of the entire Indian sub-continent can be traced to the Indus Valley Civilisation. Majority of the muslims in India & Pakistan have Hindu ancestors. The grand-father of Mohammed Ali Jinnah,the founder of Pakistan was a Hindu from Gujrat. Jinnah himself was a great nationalist and a staunch follower of Lokmanya Tilak and even defended him in the Bombay High Court in the historic sedition case!
It is now upto the people of India and Pakistan to draw correct conclusions from the past and look forward to a confident and bright future. Let 2013 be remembered as a water-shed year for starting a new chapter in Indo-Pak relations.! Let us unitedly tackle the problems of poverty,hunger,disease,illiteracy and communal discord.
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