On Tuesday 23 Dec 2008 7:59:46 am Deepak Jois wrote: > . It is a > mindset that permeates the psyche of the Pakistani establishment and > has a big role to play in internal and external policymaking. The > Indian response *must* take this into account.
Here is an article by Pakistani columnist Salim Mansur dated 13 December 2008 http://www.torontosun.com/comment/columnists/salim_mansur/2008/12/13/7737521-sun.html I quote: > But Pakistan also is ideologically an anti-Hindu and anti-Semitic state. > The forceful partitioning of British India by the proponents of Pakistan > was driven more by the animus towards the majority Hindu population than > any positive vision of what it might eventually be as a Muslim majority > state. The subsequent history of Pakistan, established as a home for > Muslims to be free of the feared Hindu majority rule, soon became one long > nightmare of ethnic and sectarian blood letting, civil war and military > dictatorships. PAKISTAN'S FAILURE > Pakistan's failure to be a normally functioning state when contrasted with > the relative success of India as a working democracy has been a bitter pill > for the ruling elite. Moreover, the wars launched by Pakistan against India > and defeats suffered have been deeply humiliating to a people brought up on > the belief of belonging to a superior martial race of warriors.
