Dear Dr Agha, I truly appreciate the way you think. Wish more people thought like you on the subcontinent. I totally agree that Bangladeshis hate us far more than PAkistanis do, but that is not saying much is it? Hate, after all, is hate.
Dr Ayesha Siddiqa, Thank you for discussing with us in this forum and I really appreciate your patience in answering our questions. I would like to know what you would do if you were in place of Musharaff? Will you accept LoC as border or keep the pot boiling? I will have to disagree with your earlier statement Who said that the post-colonial centralized unitary states are the most natural thing possible, As there was immense amount of poverty and illetaracy during 1947 there is no other practical way possible.
Dr.Ayesha says that Indians need to be more open minded. Its the open mindedness of Indians that allowed her chat transcript to be posted on Rediff.
I guess she must read more about indian history. She must know that Indians traditionally dont meddle in others affairs unless provoked.I guess thats what is leading to the bad feeling. Indians are moving away from the so called soft state image.I think there is a limit for tolerance.
Ayesha, I think we should take the positive things with the Indo US relationship. Pakistan is following India in every aspect. It is really a great news. I think Pakistan should build up as a more responsible nation and with India should fight against terrorism and should improve its own economic condition. This way Pakistan will be more closure to India. Rather behaving as a foe or skeptical about India's action, it should behave as a more friendly nation.
While I agree with a number of views expressed by Ms. Agha, the statement of redrawing the areas of the subcontinent is a curious one. I am reading between the lines here, but what she seems to advocate is in effect a break up of India, to a situation somewhat similar to what the East India Company encountered. It is high time the religious "theocracies" in South Asia (Pakistan, Bangaldesh, and yes Nepal too) realize that that the political entity of India is indivisible, that Indians, the Premjis, the Nilekanis and the Saldhanas are on the March. If Pakistan or Bangaldesh or Sri Lanka want to succeed in today's world, they should emulate the Indian model to the exent they can, and try and figure out how they as Muslim or Buddhist majority states can look beyond religious identities and bring their persecuted minorities into their national mainstreams.
what i concluded from her interview that like other muslim scholars or intellectuals, she also can not express her feeling freely because the affraid of the mullas of her country, who think they have the right to poke their nose in every matter.
