01-22-2004, 03:29 AM
Thanks for the answers. I would appreciate some more info to confirm that one of the dates is correct, or if there were some exceptions.
I have felt for a long time now that there are at least two ways in which Indian muslims are looked at by non-musilms in india.
One set openly considers them as Pakistanis
Another set wants to give them great concessions in the worry that they may run off to Pakistan.
Oh yes I am sure there are more viewpoints than these two - but I have singled out these two viewpoints because I think they can be explained on the basis of the issue of population exchange.
Actually, "concessions" was what the Muslim league wanted in India - perhaps from a sense of "entitlement" and when they discovered that democracy would not entitle them to special treatement they said bugger off we want our own country. But having a system of allowing people to migrate after that screwed up the issue furher. It left the door open for Muslims to hedge their bets and decide whenever that Pakistan may be better. But all it did was put a bamboo up the backsides of non-muslim Indians who had no nation other than India.
Imagine yousrself in the shoes of a Police officer in India in 1947. Suddenly - half your men - all Muslims, have gone to Pakistan. A few remain. They are just as good as any others - but over the next few years a few more migrate to Pakistan.
What are you supposed to think about the issue of the remaining Muslim personnel in your force and new recruits:
a) That they are just like anyone else and must not be treated differently
b )One never knows if they will opt to go to Pakistan next month, or next year.
c) Assume that they might all be Pakistanis at heart.
Your problem (as senior officer) becomes more actute if your department is dealing with sensitive information - so what the hell are you supposed to think?
This thought process has affected India more than Pakistan. Pakistan of course had no problem in gradually eliminating its minorities.
I have felt for a long time now that there are at least two ways in which Indian muslims are looked at by non-musilms in india.
One set openly considers them as Pakistanis
Another set wants to give them great concessions in the worry that they may run off to Pakistan.
Oh yes I am sure there are more viewpoints than these two - but I have singled out these two viewpoints because I think they can be explained on the basis of the issue of population exchange.
Actually, "concessions" was what the Muslim league wanted in India - perhaps from a sense of "entitlement" and when they discovered that democracy would not entitle them to special treatement they said bugger off we want our own country. But having a system of allowing people to migrate after that screwed up the issue furher. It left the door open for Muslims to hedge their bets and decide whenever that Pakistan may be better. But all it did was put a bamboo up the backsides of non-muslim Indians who had no nation other than India.
Imagine yousrself in the shoes of a Police officer in India in 1947. Suddenly - half your men - all Muslims, have gone to Pakistan. A few remain. They are just as good as any others - but over the next few years a few more migrate to Pakistan.
What are you supposed to think about the issue of the remaining Muslim personnel in your force and new recruits:
a) That they are just like anyone else and must not be treated differently
b )One never knows if they will opt to go to Pakistan next month, or next year.
c) Assume that they might all be Pakistanis at heart.
Your problem (as senior officer) becomes more actute if your department is dealing with sensitive information - so what the hell are you supposed to think?
This thought process has affected India more than Pakistan. Pakistan of course had no problem in gradually eliminating its minorities.