Since the world has been set alight and everyone has a theory, I will put out my pet theory and invite comments. In 1930 Allama Iqbal (supposed father of the idea of Pakistan) proposed a consolidated Muslim state in Northwest India as a solution to the problem of Muslim Nationalism in India. The part that is relevant to us today is his claim that such a state will defend India against the Barbarians to its West (his words were: “the North-West Indian Muslims will prove the best defenders of India against a foreign invasion, be that invasion one of ideas or of bayonets. “).
Iqbal, being a romantic Islamist in an age when the British Empire seemed a permanent fact of life had confused ideas about many things, and his vision of a Northwest Muslim state was as confused and romantic as any of his other dreams, but in this case he hit on something real.. Pakistan is the buffer that protects India from the Middle Eastern snakepit. Of course, it is also an example of the same snakepit extending into the Indian subcontinent, but it is worth remembering that India at one point was almost entirely colonized by Islalmicate invaders from the Northwest. Now that invasive colonial culture is concentrated in Pakistan; and with the war with Afghanistan, it is now directed against the very people it once idealized.
So my point is that Indians should thank Jinnah for his service. They now have a fighting chance of escaping the Middle eastern cannon fodder trap and becoming a successful Asian country.
Choose wisely. Let Pakistan be more in the Middle East. Be more Asian.
And for Pakistan the answer is also the same. Try to be more Indian, less Middle eastern. But our road home may be convoluted. Even Indonesia is not home free, our path is going to be rockier..
Here is the relevant quote from the Allahabad address (full text in link)
The Imambargah attack was officially claimed by ISKP, who are sworn enemies of Taliban. The Balochistan attacks were by the leftists at BLA, with no love for Taliban.
The recent round of attacks in Afghanistan by Pakistan are can be explained as a ruse to avoid getting involved in Iran-Saudi or Gaza deployment. Or it could be some messaging to Taliban. Or it could be finding an easier medium term enemy. India can destroy GHQ if poked, Afghanistan can’t.
Afghanistan has made the big mistake of being a land empire at war on two fronts. Tajikistan and Pakistan can rip that country into two. US no longer around for nation building. Their weapons and vehicles have no spares and with Iran in tatters there is no hope of resupply.
Good comment
>>But our road home may be convoluted.
Yes, But I think about 10 years from now or thereabouts, we are going to start seeing…..green shoots of cultural and economic … ghar waapsi π
I donβt think Muslims will ghar waapsi because they are βbrokenβ per se