Pakistan is a fake, artificial country
By Justice Markandey Katju
Most Pakistanis have thanked me on twitter for supporting Imran Khan in the present controversy in Pakistan because I believe him to be basically an honest man ( though I do not agree with him on certain issues ), while I regard PDM leaders to be a gang of thieves and gundas, However, many Pakistanis have been dismayed over my statement that Pakistan is a fake, artificial country. So let me me explain my position to them.
I was never a popularity seeker, and many statements of mine made me very unpopular. But I made them because I believe them to be true, and I will keep making them whether it pleases people or hurts them.
I will say 2+2=4, whether that pleases people or hurts them. I will not say 2+2=5 or 3 to please them. They may like it or lump it.
I said Pakistan is a fake, artificial entity ( I refuse to call it a country ), and I will keep saying it.
Pakistan is part of India, only temporarily separated by that British swindle called Partition in 1947, on the basis of the bogus 2 nation theory, but will one day certainly reunite with India, just as West and and East Germany reunited in 1990 after 45 years partition, though that will take time ( because those who divided us will not let us easily reunite ). This reunification will be under secular, patriotic, modern minded leaders determined to rapidly modernise and industrialise the country, like Mustafa Kemal of Turkey in the 1920s, or the leaders who came to power in Japan after the Meiji Restoration in 1868..
I have explained my point in great detail in this article, and hence I am not repeating what I said there
What is Pakistan ? It is Punjab, Sind, Balochistan, and KP. These were all part of India since Mughal times. Indians and Pakistanis share the same culture, look like each other, and most speak the same language Hindustani ( called Hindi in India and Urdu in Pakistan ). I have many Pakistani friends, and I talk to thm in Hindustani on whatsapp or skype.
If religion is to be the basis of a nation, hardly any nation can survive. UK will have to be partitioned into about 10 countries, one each for Anglicans ( who are predominant in England, Presbyterians ( who are pedominant in Scotland ), countrie for other varieties of Protestants, Roman Catholics, Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Jews, etc. Similarly the USA, France, Germany, etc will all have to partitioned into several countries because there are people of several religions there. Is this workable ?
We were befooled by the Britishers into thinking that Hindus and Muslims are each other’s enemies, but how much longer must we remain befooled ? How much longer must blood be shed amongst us ? How much longer must we be made to buy at huge cost heavy weapons from arms manufacturers of foreign countries by money which should be spent on the welfare of our own people ?
An organisation called the IRA ( Indian Reunification Association ), of which I am the patron, has been formed for spreading the idea of peaceful reunification of India, Pakistan, and Bangldesh, and it has set up units in many Indian states, Universities, etc.
Pakistanis have not yet joined IRA for the reason explained in the article.
Some Bangladeshis had initially joined us, but later they left, as the security agencies gave threats.( as they told us ).
However, despite these obstacles, I am confident that the idea of Indian reunification will gradually spread throughout our subcontinent, including in Pakistan and Bangladesh, as it is based on truth. Satyamev Jayate.
Copernicus’ heliocentric theory ( that the earth goes around the sun ) propounded in 1543 was for a long time dangerous to propagate, as it conflicted with the Biblical geocentric theory ( that the earth was the centre of the Universe, and the sun revolved around it ),and was punishable by being burnt at the stake ( Galileo, the great scientist, escaped from this fate in 1633 by recanting before the Inquisition ). Yet, since it represented the truth, it ultimately prevailed throughout the world. I am confident that the same will happen to the idea of Indian reunification.
Some people asked how Indian reunification will happen practically ? My response is that at present we have only to spread the idea. When it is widespread, not only in India but also in Pakistan and Bangladesh, as it is bound to be since it is based on truth, people will find out ways and means of peaceful reunification, using their creativity.
