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Malayalee Pakistani Helps Peek Into Pak Politics
Here is an unusual Pakistani political activist who speaks Malayalam, reads vernacular papers and dresses in the conventional 'sarkari' style safari suit.
B M Kutty, a thin bespectacled octogenarian who migrated from Kerala to Pakistan to spend 60 years in what he calls a "self-imposed exile", has stocked his journey in an autobiography.
Sixty Years in Self-Exile: No Regrets - a political autobiography - is about the work of Kutty who was the political secretary to the late governor of Baluchistan Ghous Baksh Bizenjo.
"In 2007, social activist Nirmala Deshpande suggested me the title for the book and I instantly agreed. As I thought it would adequately describe what I am and reflect what I was planning to write about my life and work," he says.
Addressed as the "Kerala Socialist from Baluchistan" by former Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, he describes his experience with him and meetings with his daughter Benazir after her father's execution in his book.
"I have been a political activist throughout my life and not a political leader. So, I did not suffer from the handicap of having to beat around the bush while writing about the political processes that I have witnessed," he says.
The book enlists the effect of the "imperialist- sponsored" military coup in 1959 on the general elections. The coup led to Mohammad Ayub Khan proclaiming to be the first military dictator of Pakistan after the ouster of President Iskander Mirza.
"The political leadership of Pakistan has admitted to the country being in a state of perpetual crises, ever since its inception 64 years ago. The resolution adopted by political parties from time-to-time has invariably started with the words that Pakistan is facing the gravest crises," Kutty says.
Born on July 15, 1931, in Tirur near Kozhikode, he migrated to Pakistan at the age of 19 on his own accord. He reached Karachi with a Malayali friend on August 14, the Independence Day of Pakistan.
"Kutty has had an extraordinary life... A difficult time in Pakistan, as he was locked up in the jail for a number of periods," former External Affairs minister Natwar Singh said while launching the book.
"It is a fascinating account of the political developments in Pakistan. The description of various meetings that he had with Zulfikar Ali Bhutto is most interesting," Pakistan High Commissioner Shahid Malik said.
FILED ON: AUG 14, 2011
news.outlookindia.com | Malayalee Pakistani Helps Peek Into Pak Politics
Here is an unusual Pakistani political activist who speaks Malayalam, reads vernacular papers and dresses in the conventional 'sarkari' style safari suit.
B M Kutty, a thin bespectacled octogenarian who migrated from Kerala to Pakistan to spend 60 years in what he calls a "self-imposed exile", has stocked his journey in an autobiography.
Sixty Years in Self-Exile: No Regrets - a political autobiography - is about the work of Kutty who was the political secretary to the late governor of Baluchistan Ghous Baksh Bizenjo.
"In 2007, social activist Nirmala Deshpande suggested me the title for the book and I instantly agreed. As I thought it would adequately describe what I am and reflect what I was planning to write about my life and work," he says.
Addressed as the "Kerala Socialist from Baluchistan" by former Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, he describes his experience with him and meetings with his daughter Benazir after her father's execution in his book.
"I have been a political activist throughout my life and not a political leader. So, I did not suffer from the handicap of having to beat around the bush while writing about the political processes that I have witnessed," he says.
The book enlists the effect of the "imperialist- sponsored" military coup in 1959 on the general elections. The coup led to Mohammad Ayub Khan proclaiming to be the first military dictator of Pakistan after the ouster of President Iskander Mirza.
"The political leadership of Pakistan has admitted to the country being in a state of perpetual crises, ever since its inception 64 years ago. The resolution adopted by political parties from time-to-time has invariably started with the words that Pakistan is facing the gravest crises," Kutty says.
Born on July 15, 1931, in Tirur near Kozhikode, he migrated to Pakistan at the age of 19 on his own accord. He reached Karachi with a Malayali friend on August 14, the Independence Day of Pakistan.
"Kutty has had an extraordinary life... A difficult time in Pakistan, as he was locked up in the jail for a number of periods," former External Affairs minister Natwar Singh said while launching the book.
"It is a fascinating account of the political developments in Pakistan. The description of various meetings that he had with Zulfikar Ali Bhutto is most interesting," Pakistan High Commissioner Shahid Malik said.
FILED ON: AUG 14, 2011
news.outlookindia.com | Malayalee Pakistani Helps Peek Into Pak Politics
