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That would be like supporting demolition of Buddha's sculptures in Afghanistan because talibani could not relate to it.
Demolition of the Buddha Sculptures was an act of zealotry which had nothing to do with whether one can or cannot relate to it; I support (as do most Pakistanis for obvious reasons) the preservation of our heritage including religious symbolism because it reminds us about the depth of the past of these lands but unlike our Indian counterparts and within them the Hindu counterparts, we don't go all glazed eye when talking about the Mauryan Empire and give into a romanticized notion of our glorious past - It doesn't hold the same kind of sway over us....its History and it must be Preserved but its Ancient History for us and we and them are not the same People anymore thats why we don't spin a Nationalistic agenda out of it.
My Culture, my History, my Traditions and my Values are what are associated more with my geographic and ethnic identities that have developed since the past 1 or 2 thousand years and is peppered by Islam here and there than it is by the cultural, historical, traditional or the value-system of people who inhabited these lands thousands upon thousands of years ago with whom I couldn't even drink a glass of water without some disparaging comment about my position in the caste-system being passed around because I'm not a Hindu anymore and haven't been for maybe a few hundred to a few thousand years and they weren't as Progressive as the Hindus of today are either, let alone having any more similarities with them.
So try to understand it from our perspective - Its impressive what the Ancients did here and they were our ancestors but we're so different to each other almost 180 degrees in pretty much everything that there really isn't a bond co-joining us together that can lead to a sense of Nationhood or any other such collectively romanticized notion developing which is anchored in Ancient History.
The same goes for Gandhiji then.
I don't have an iota of respect for that man but I am forced to call him the father of our nation.
What !
That is so.....so unfortunate, disrespecting the Father of One's Nation - That is so wrong !
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