in the name of God... why do they(read pakistani muslims) almost always deny their cultural heritage?
has today's Pakistan conveniently forgotten the true facts of the history of pre-independence INDIA? how can they deny that they(read post -partion pakistanis) themselves are a part of the history of this land and in '47 they only snached up one piece of fertile geography which was one arm of india? do they really teach history in pakistan ? if they do, then what sort of distortion it contains?
friends, no offence please...but take a good look at KHUDA KE LIYE to read this historical blunder being grandly uttered by its protagonist Mansoor. being questioned by an american girl (whoh hasn't heard of pakistan) about the exact location of his country pakistan on the world atlas, he fishes out french fries from the lunch box to locate iran, afghanistan, china, india and pakistan so labourously! not a very smart tactic on his part. he couldn't simply said that it is india's neighbour.
why? is there any harm in being a friendly neighbour? what's the mental block? atleast every educated man who can read a newspaper knows india, if not much about it.
when the american girl further exclaims that she knows india and the taj mahal, mansoor's stupendous temerity reaches its climax. unable to gulp down her excitementabout india, he claims that "we" (he actually said "we, muslims") ruled india for a thousand years and we built the taj mahal!!! "we" pakistanis? "we" muslims? are the indian muslims living in india today (who are as proud of their indianness as any other indian) all bastards? who answers that, mr. mansoor? and where does that 1000 year count come from? muslims "ruled" india? what sort of stupid faux pas is that? india's multi-cultural character was never lost, religiously, politically philosophically! where do you start from mohammed ghouri, mahmud, babur?
what's worst is the fact that mr mansoor is labelled in the movie as a progressive educated upper-class pakistani muslim. how can he afford to be so wrong in history? is the education system of pakistan today teaching its hollow headed brats like mansoor those concocted lies as history? AND, till the end of the movie, mansoor keeps his tall claim of loving america!!! what an irony for a hero who is ignorant of his own heritage!
when would our pakistani brothers grow up, khuda ke liye?