Kaal Bhayya - Terrorism, partition, minorities, and Liaqaut/Nehru Pact

{"The answer to secular Hindus' crimes is NOT to deliberate plan and kill Muslims, or to suppor the killers of Muslims, in a countermove, Thakre ji. ...
Terrorism is against everything Hinduism stands for. It will create a society we do not want. So regretting the loss of lives is not enough. We need to proactively keep ourselves from following others in a direction that is inherently nonHindu and unIndian. It won't do us any good, either in this world or in the other."} (T)

Kaal Bhayya,
Beautiful words and impeccable logic, my friend. Terrorism is against Hinduism, against Islam, and against both Christianity and Judaism. Whether it is the terrorism of the Tally Ban and Al Kayda, the butchery of Modi and Thackeray, the cruelty of the Spanish Inquisition, or the bombings perpetrated by the Irgun and Stern gang, this kind of massive violence is nothing to be proud of - regardless of the "lofty" aims of the killers. I agree with you, my compassionate friend.

Now to the matter of Liaquat-Nehru pact, the treatment of minorities, and the whole issue of partition. As most of you know, I believe that partition itself was a stupid idea for Hindustan - my affectionate term for undivided India or Akhand Bharat. Once being successful, thanks to the efforts of Lord Louis, in forcing Mr. Jinnah to accept an incomplete and hasty partition, the Congress quickly pulled a fast one on the Muslims. By insisting on the partition of Punjab, Bengal, and Assam, the Hindus and the British guaranteed a "moth eaten," but homogenous, at least religiously speaking, Pakistan.

The most rational approach would have been to keep India united and avoid partition at all costs. If partition was a must, then there should not have been a partition of the Muslim-majority provinces. This would have lessened the concerns of the huge minority of Hindus in the larger Pakistan and there would have been very little migration out of Punjab, Delhi, and Bengal. The Sikhs would have preserved their great land holdings in West Punjab and Muslims would not have moved out of Delhi and East Punjab and Lahore would continue to be a religiously cosmopolitan city. There would have been enough Hindus/Sikhs in Pakistan and enough Muslims in India to preclude the hostility that followed the unfortunate divorce.

If partition of the Muslim majority provinces was a must, then that partition should have also applied to the Hindu majority provinces of UP, Bihar, CP, and other areas such as Kerala and Bombay. This gerrymandering would have resulted in a complete exchange of populations and hopefully very little ensuing violence and massacres.

The Liaquat-Nehru pact was meant to placate the continuing violence against Muslims in East Punjab, Bihar, and Delhi and against Hindus in East Bengal. While the Indians and Pakistanis were fighting over the meager spoils, the British left India in a rapid, relatively cheap, and somewhat honorable manner.