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The idea of Balkanization of India is silently creeping to the fore from different quarters and schools of thought. Fast changing regional and global dynamics also demanding a serious and conscientious attention towards this crucial issue, which entails far and wide ramifications for the region and the world.
This is such an important issue that intellectuals, academicians, and policy strategists should treat it above any sentimentality, nationalistic or partisan attitudes to reach a purely logical and plausible conclusion.
First of all let us shed some light on the history of the Indian Sub-Continent so that a rationally and logically sustainable ground could be established for this discussion.
Historically, about 72 % of the current Indian population is originated from Aryan race. Prominent historians and Dravidians consider Aryans as foreign invaders to India. The Aryan Invasion Theory (AIT) was postulated by eminent Oxford scholar Max Muller in 1882 and later advanced by several western and Indian historians. According to latest research however, which repudiates the invasion theory, they seem to be the natives of the Northern region.
There is a consensus among various Historians that there was little known of Indian Continent or of its people before Muslim conquest of the area. Muslims therefore being the first historians of the area. (Gustave Le Bon). Arabs like Mohammad bin Qasim. and Tariq bin Ziyad were the very firsts Muslims who conquered the area which brought Islam to the region. Indian sub continent was then invaded by the Russian Tatars like Ganges Khan and Kublai Khan, who later converted to Islam. Historically it had been a monotheistic society as per the Puranas and Vedas and Sanskrit literature. In nut shell this area had been fairly developed with communal, social and political institutions. Al Bairuni (borne in 973 in Uzbekistan and died in 1048 in Ghazna now Ghazni, Afghanistan) being the very first Muslim Prominent scholarly figure. The continent flourished to the optimum under Muslim rule and it used to be called the “Golden sparrow”, before it was robbed by the British.
To discern the reality of India as a country it would not be out of place to quote here the noted author Mr. William Dalrymple, who has done much work on the area and authored many books.
"In the world’s media, never has the contrast between the two countries appeared so stark: one is widely perceived as the next great superpower; the other written off as a failed state ….He further adds, On the ground, of course, the reality is different and first-time visitors to Pakistan are almost always surprised by the country’s visible prosperity. There is far less poverty on show in Pakistan than in India, fewer beggars, and much less desperation. In many ways the infrastructure of Pakistan is much more advanced: there are better roads and airports, and more reliable electricity. Middle-class Pakistani houses are often bigger and better appointed than their equivalents in India. Moreover, the Pakistani economy …
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