Re: Pakistan Missile Symbolism
A student from Karachi told this correspondent that "the names of Indian missiles are offensive to the subcontinent's Muslims."
"The Prithvi missile was named after a Hindu king, Agni refers to the God of Fire, not fire the element, and the Trishul missile has been named after the trishul [trident] wielded by the Hindu God Siva," he said.**
**I really find it amusing that Pakistani "experts" have the audacity to lecture the world about Indian missile nomenclature.
Prithvi, Agni, Jal, Akash, stand for the elements Earth, Fire, Water and sky in Sanskrit.
Agni refers to the fire element; the Fire God is Agni Dev, or Agni Devata.
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One blogger points out: "The funny thing is Babar [after whom the missile test-fired in August is named] fought against Ibrahim Lodhi, a Muslim king. So Babar must have killed a good number of Muslims in his conquest. Same with Nadir Shah, Ghaznavi and Ghauri [who] must have raped a large number of women in the border areas of India, which is presently Pakistan."
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Pakistani journalist personalities routinely abuse these invaders. They have suggested that Pakistan names its missiles after military generals that it has had after independence.
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Ammara Durrani, assistant editor at the Pakistani English daily The News, told Asia Times Online that Pakistan's naming of its missiles "after traditional Muslim war heroes" and the Indian government's naming of its missiles "in no less historically militant terms" are not surprising.
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Utter nonsense. We name our missiles after the elements and mythology.
Have we named our missiles Shivaji, PrithviRaj, Rana Pratap, Ashoka, Chandragupta or the Rajputuana kings who defeated Ghazni 17 times ?
Anyway, there is a mega TV series titled Prithvi Raj Chauhan coming soon on TV. I'm looking forward to it. He was no loser : He defeated Ghauri badly for the first time, and sent him packing to Afghanistan.
Now if PEMRA allows it to be screened in Pakistan, our Pakistani friends can watch it as well.