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As a Nationalist I refuse Canadian passport so there is no chance I will turn Greek. I am aware of the history taught of the Mughals but it is often through the lens of the majority community, not the minority unless the teacher happens to be a Muslim.
I believe both Muslims and Hindus are at fault here and both teach history through their own perspectives and religion always plays a role in these perceptions. Personally I do not have much of a stake in what happens to relatives in Lucknow or Hyderabad and the only thing we in Karachi can do to alleviate their suffering in case it has occurred is call them to Pakistan and even then getting them citizenship can make your head go spinning. What is needed here is objectivity and it is a quality recruiters should look for in each history teacher when hiring.
What I have suggested in this regard for the education commission of Pakistan is to give alternative views about history-especially since Sindhi Hindus (a fair 8.5% or more of the population of Sindh) are also existent in many parts of the province. For example I will take the case of Babur, who Hindus state is a murderer while Muslims claim is a conqueror.
Btw, to prove this I just typed two things-"Babur killer of Hindus" and "Babur great Muslim conqueror" to come up with a vastly differing array of results on google about Babur some painting him as a tolerant Muslim hero while others referring to him as a demon and murderer of Hindus. It strengthens my point nick. It is necessary for whatever history teacher is appointed at whatever level to remain objective and give the varying views of different communities. Also it would be pretty weird if you did not teach Mughal history with 160 Million Muslims (13%+ of the populace) in there. I do not remember reading about the Delhi Sultanate in the Indian school 5th grade textbook however.
Muslim history is gradually being wiped out in India in favor of the Hindu version of events and most of it has to do with being from a minority community. This is a truth and our family there has strongly felt it and even stated it while we were visiting places in Lucknow.
Also there are things that happened to our Hyderabad branch of family/relatives that would make anyone a so-called "whiner". A lot of those who were what you call whiners were moved. Those who weren't didn't have a choice. I would suggest you provide them with justice. In any case the breakdown of my links with them particularly because them being seen as pro-Pakistani opens them up to more attacks by RSS terrorists has taught me to look more at home (Pakistan) at how migrant families actually behaved after partition. I wish to merge into the Pashtun ethnic group and rectify certain mistakes those who moved made. This will be better only for you as I cannot defend the Ansaris and members from my fathers side eternally. The Muslims there have to take up the task but they are too meek and seem to have no wish to do so-is it really my responsibility to defend them? My requests for explanation on this point and the refusal of support from Pakistan by Muslims/family members left there have often fallen on deaf ears. @ajtr
I don't know if its allowed to feed the trolls... but Icewolf=best troll on the forum. Reminds me of the old PDF. By the way do join us someday at Naswar Corner. You are invited too @ghilzai. Its a fun thread in the members club.
You know i am not in the habit of writing long posts but i can tell you that were taught in detail about the Delhi sultunate as well in our 7th or 8th class textbook and even in my BALLB Hons. course we were taught about even the legal system during the Delhi sultans and Mughals in India. Whatever history i read was very neutral , muslim rulers were neither glorified nor demonised. The only thing we were taught about was of their rule , nothing about how they were as rulers except Akbar perhaps who has always been portrayed in a very positive light and for good reasons.
Yes, Indians deserve to be taught about Mughals and the Sultunate but not because we have more than 160 million muslims as you say but because it is a part of our history and we deserve to know about it. If you distort history , then history will distort you , as is happening in your country today.And i am glad we are being taught this part of our history today . But pray tell me why were we in India not taught about the Marathas ? The Sikh empire ? The Vijaynagar empire ? Do great Hindu and Sikh empires during and post Mughal period not deserve to be taught to the Hindus and Sikhs of this country ?
We in India seem to hop straightaway from the Mughals to the British , and these idiot lefties don't even teach us about why the British had to defeat the Marathas and Sikhs before they could have any major impact on India and that Marathas were the biggest ruling power in India when they started their military campaigns and not the Mughals. History frankly seems biased against Hindus.
I believe history must be taught from a neutral perspective than from a hindu or muslims perspective. Let Mr. Dalrymple or any other non-South Asian authors books be made a part of our curriculum. I have no issues with that. But they too will portray Babur and Aurungzeb as evil tyrants and Akbar as a benevolent ruler, because that is a fact you will read from any non-muslim history source , hindu or not.
If you want us to portray Babur and Timur as not invaders and murderers but lovers of Hindus , then sorry , not happening .This would be a blatant lie . Ask any Western or even Chinese expert on Indian history as well.Yet for some reason we were not taught about their atrocities in our history books just to keep the muslims happy . I would not have known if not for the internet.
As far as you and your family is concerned, listen bro ,you left the country , now its time you truly 'leave' it. You seem to be trying hard to run away from your Indian history by turning Pashtun but having a real hard time . If your relatives in India are convinced that life in Pakistan would be better and want to ever move to Pakistan , i am sure they will. Let them be till then.
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