Having tired of books me stared a blank wall for quite some minutes. Gave up, picked up Saadat Hasan Manto, Selected Stories (Modern Classics) and randomly read Two-nation Theory. A love between a Muslim boy and a Hindu girl. Mukhtar wants the girl Sharda to become a Muslim; the girl demands the boy turn a Hindu. 'She went into the other room and shut the door. Mukhtar, his Islam tucked in his chest, left the house.' None could have put the Two-Nation Theory better. Today, India 2017, a Muslim boy may never meet a Hindu girl, a Hindu girl may never love a Muslim boy. And by 2020 or some such year, when Hindu Rashtra comes into being, there wont be a Muslim boy or girl and no love. Am 70, wish me pops off before that timeline. That's me lone desire, now. Hasan Manto could be the best measure of India over 70 years. Manto may not be in India 2017. Has India moved or still. Still may fit. Even five years ago, Indian homes had shut doors, open windows; in 2017, Indian homes have shut doors and windows. Yes, that much has happened since 2014. Only Khalid Mohamed mentioned the birthday of painter Maqbool Fida Husain, born in Pandharpur. Tuka's Vitttala. India largely stayed silent. In Bombay House, long years ago, stood before a Hussain painting of Mother Teresa and was late for an appointment. That was the first time me saw a Husain painting. And now appreciate him. Recall him in me room unfrighted. Far away, a Nobel Peace Prize in Myanmar is mowing down Rohingyas; me country also does not want them.They are perhaps the poorest. We were not like what we have become.
Saturday, September 2, 2017
Two-Nation Theory
Having tired of books me stared a blank wall for quite some minutes. Gave up, picked up Saadat Hasan Manto, Selected Stories (Modern Classics) and randomly read Two-nation Theory. A love between a Muslim boy and a Hindu girl. Mukhtar wants the girl Sharda to become a Muslim; the girl demands the boy turn a Hindu. 'She went into the other room and shut the door. Mukhtar, his Islam tucked in his chest, left the house.' None could have put the Two-Nation Theory better. Today, India 2017, a Muslim boy may never meet a Hindu girl, a Hindu girl may never love a Muslim boy. And by 2020 or some such year, when Hindu Rashtra comes into being, there wont be a Muslim boy or girl and no love. Am 70, wish me pops off before that timeline. That's me lone desire, now. Hasan Manto could be the best measure of India over 70 years. Manto may not be in India 2017. Has India moved or still. Still may fit. Even five years ago, Indian homes had shut doors, open windows; in 2017, Indian homes have shut doors and windows. Yes, that much has happened since 2014. Only Khalid Mohamed mentioned the birthday of painter Maqbool Fida Husain, born in Pandharpur. Tuka's Vitttala. India largely stayed silent. In Bombay House, long years ago, stood before a Hussain painting of Mother Teresa and was late for an appointment. That was the first time me saw a Husain painting. And now appreciate him. Recall him in me room unfrighted. Far away, a Nobel Peace Prize in Myanmar is mowing down Rohingyas; me country also does not want them.They are perhaps the poorest. We were not like what we have become.
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