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History and hysteria behind India-Pak deadly relationship
By siliconindia
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Friday, 05 August 2011, 01:54 IST |
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To understand the obsession between both countries and to get a sense of special edge, the history and hysteria behind the hatred needs to be understood. Aatish Taseer, the son of an assassinated Pakistani leader, explains in his article "Why My Father Hated India" in WSJ about Pakistan's obsession with India and how the rage has been impossible to reduce.
With Muhammad Iqbal's, a poet, figment of imagination, Pakistan came into being. Iqbal's vision took concrete shape in August 1947. Pakistan and India came into being at the cost of a million lives and the largest migration in history. But this separation was a big question for Pakistan than India. They had to prove that the separation was worthwhile to India and the challenge to build their own identity in terms of culture and economic was very critical.
In the absence of a true national identity, Pakistan defined itself by its opposition to India. It turned its back on all that had been common between Muslims and non-Muslims in the era before partition. Everything came under suspicion, from dress to customs to festivals, marriage rituals and literature. The new country set itself the task of erasing its association with the subcontinent, an association that many came to view as a contamination.
The country was completely indentified as a Muslim state, Pakistan adapted a new Arabized Islamic identity which also meant that it had rejected some of its own culture and religion beliefs. With the born of a new state and an altered culture, Pakistan was still looking to settle down the confusions that were created out of the partition.
