Sunday, May 25, 2008

Surely, the Basic Lesson Flows from the Basic Premise

Arun ShourieAll sorts of lessons are being propounded from the events of fifty years ago -- from our getting Independence, from the country being partitioned. But, as usual, political correctness is keeping commentators from facing up to the fundamental lesson. The fundamental premises on which the country was partitioned were that (i) religion defines nationhood;(ii) though they do not have a