My folks used to play Lata Mangeshkumar and Nusrat Fateh Ali back to back.
It's Lata Mangeshkar.
in Pakistan today, many people have stopped watching Bollywood and listening to Indian music ..
I only watch the 70's and 80's Bollywood movies (not the B-grade ones but classics like Sharaabi, Deewar etc.)..also preferring the older music. There are quite a few Indians who don't like the current generation of Bollywood actors, singers etc.
Of course for us, our main beef is the content quality.
He came on Al Jazeera English several times and came off as a real self-centered, arrogant know-it-all when talking about Pakistan and Kashmir.
He's after all an Indian politician so you will not like his views. But he's definitely an arrogant prick.
We are going to have to disagree on that, because I also am not a fan of Nehru and Gandhi's policies during partition. My own family had to relocate due to the violence that they perpetuated.
The only one who was honest during partition was Quaid e Azam, and he wanted all issues to be negotiated beforehand, including borders, but British and Congress delaying tactics and manipulations caused the loss of life of 1 million Punjabi Muslims, and dislocation of 14 million, even from areas where Muslims were the majority.
Yes, we can disagree. I like to believe that Nehru did not abet these genocides, rather he tried his best to prevent them. Just like Jinnah tried to prevent similar genocides in Pakistan.
Let us remember it was 1947, there wasn't enough infrastructure, police, hospitals, transportation, or even money to look after the refugees and victims of genocide. Especially in far-flung areas. It took two nights journey to travel from Delhi to Rohtak in modern day Haryana, and today it takes just a few hours by road. There weren't enough telephones, and television hadn't arrived yet. Not enough soldiers to restore order, and many of the soldiers were themselves tainted by communal poison.
India only had two Fokker aircraft and a helicopter...Pakistan probably had less.
The genocides were unpreventable. But whoever was in charge (including Nehru) will not be forgiven by history.
Nehru's biggest contribution towards India is bringing some order of civilization to these junglee people. Of course it's humanely impossible for one person to transform the mindsets of hundreds of millions of others. But he did try his best.
Nehru's India aspired to be a scientific mindset nation with progressive values. Now with Narendra Modi in charge we are regressing to a backward 19th century India. Another two BJP terms and there will be child marriages legalized, feudal slavery everywhere, and widows chucked into funeral pyres.