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Post by Rishi Sat Feb 01, 2014 6:50 pm

The identity issue has its roots in Partition. Not many Muslims will acknowledge this but let’s be honest: it is a myth that every Muslim who chose to stay back in India was prompted by a sense of nationalism or was against the idea of Pakistan. Many stayed back simply because they found the sheer logistics of migration too daunting; others held back because of the fear of taking the plunge into an unknown and uncertain future; some tested the waters and decided that it was safer to hang back; and, indeed, quite a few — including some progressive Muslims — actually moved to Pakistan and returned when they discovered that it was not the promised land it was cracked up to be.

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/beyond-mullahs-and-marxists/article5639842.ece?homepage=true


>>> I remember FF saying that all Muslims who chose to stay in India did so because of patriotism.


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