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The Greek and Roman civilizations still live in today's language, laws, political systems, mathematics, philosophy, and in many other ways. Whereas the Pakistani connection to the IVC is no greater than their connection to African ancestors. OK. No more from me along those lines.

The entire human race is said to descend from Africans. But the issue is more one of civilizational connectivity and continuity. But yes, perhaps this belongs to another thread - so will leave it at that.

OK, great. So Chinese need not worry about competition from India. Now go home, everybody.

What some Pakistanis don't see is the 5000 year old civilizational identity, which continues to this day. Many Indian Muslims, too are happy to identify with it. It's just like Athens, Sparta and Troy. Independent states, but part of the Greek civilization. Now Troy is in Turkey, and the...

Ha! I guess Jaswant would be looking forward to bumping into Maulana Masood Azhar at a book release function, whom he last had the privilege of seeing on a certain flight from Delhi to Kandahar.

Interesting. If you have a link to that speech, please post it. What does emerge from the speech is that in his call for Direct Action, Jinnah was bidding goodbye to constitutional methods, was not prepared to discuss ethics, and was declaring that he was ready to use his pistol. All in all...

As regards whether Jinnah was complicit in the violence of the Direct Action, here is an excerpt: I'm not interested in demonizing anybody, but it is important to view events in an unvarnished way. Gandhi, Nehru and Jinnah all had their faults.

It is interesting that at the time Jinnah was traveling around India, whipping up passions in favour of Pakistan, he was also secretly in touch with Churchill and other high British officials. From a previous post: It may be that Jinnah was secular in his natural inclinations - his early...

Time Magazine's obituary for Jinnah: ---------------------------------------------------------------- PAKISTAN: That Man - TIME Monday, Sep. 20, 1948 Out of the travail of 400 million in the Indian subcontinent have come two symbols—a man of love and a man of hate. Last winter the...

Jinnah will remain famous for his "Direct Action Day", when huge numbers of Kaffirs were slaughtered on the 18th day of the holy month of Ramzan, in 1946. Here is a contemporary account from Time magazine: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- INDIA...

For a deeper discussion of some of the philosphical concepts of Sanaatana Dharma, see the following posts: http://www.defence.pk/forums/members-club/22536-very-quick-introduction-sanatana-dharma.html#post314109...

^^^ One comment is that the doctrine of Tauhid in Islam does not appear to be the same as Advaita, contrary to what the above author suggests. Tauhid means monotheism, whereas Advaita is more correctly translated as Monism.

Even in the Islamic world, there is now a nascent trend towards appreciation of Sanaatana Dharma. The following interesting article takes a look at Yoga, Advaita and Islamic doctrines: ----------------------------------------------------------------- Islam at crossroads: Who’s to blame...

Not a bad summary - but it leaves out the most important point as far as India is concerned. Chinese supply of nuclear weapons and missile technology to Pakistan has enabled Pakistan to sustain a war of terrorism against India. Whenever innocent people are killed in India in terrorist...

In the agreement, some things are clear cut - there is no controversy about Pakistan's commitment to withdraw 100% of its troops. Other things are left undefined, to be settled by further discussions. I would suggest that it was the unreasonable obtuseness of Dixon, under pressure from the...

As I see it, there are two influences amongst the Muslims of the subcontinent: One is the urge towards nationalism based on Islam, and the other is the connectedness to the ancestral pre-Islamic civilizational heritage. The dominance of the former influence is to be found in organizations...

^^^ I agree that open and free discussions are desirable. Jaswant's writing a book is a good thing but on the other hand political parties have their own discipline and their own constraints.

August 23, 2009 A School Bus for Shamsia http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/23/magazine/23school-t.html?ref=world&pagewanted=all By DEXTER FILKINS EVEN BEFORE THE men with acid came, the Mirwais Mena School for Girls was surrounded by enemies. It stood on the outskirts of Kandahar...

Jinnah pursued Pakistan for power Jaswant disappoints; ignores British designs The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Opinions by Narendra Singh Sarila I am disappointed with Jaswant Singh’s 660-page book on Jinnah and Partition, released earlier this week. At the end he says: “I still fail...

The Three Blind Men... www.outlookindia.com | The Three Blind Men... Jaswant Singh’s book on Mohammed Ali Jinnah, which has become a talking point across India, has revived the old debate about Partition. Time for a reality check before we decide on heroes and villains Rajinder Puri...