Re: Why Do Pakistanis Reject their Indian heritage?
It is the Indian muslims (memons) who made PAKISTAN an economically viable state. Again it was an Indian muslim who made PAKISTAN a nuclear weapon country. Even the creater of Pakistan was an Indian muslim. Even IQBAL, who envisioned the idea of PAKISTAN was an Indian muslim since his ancestors were Kashmiri Brahmins. Without migrant Indian muslims, PAKISTAN would have been another poor and backward state like AFGHANISTAN.
Recently I had been to a small town near Atlanta, US. One of the white guy whom I was giving training, asked me which country I hailed from. I asked him to make a guess. Then he told me that I might be either a Pakistani or an Indian. I asked him to narrow down further. He told me that he cannot because Pakistanis and Indians look alike. Then I told him that although my ancestors are from Sindh, Pakistan but I am an Indian.
Oh, so you are an Indian muslim? I laugh at Indian muslim like Kaala ShahRukh Khan who sport tilak and act with Hindu co-stars and like to put "Khan" in their name when they dont look like a Pakistani/Afghan(both of who look similar).. Why Indian muslim try to associate themselves with Pakistani is both unexplained and funny.. Indian muslims don't keep a beard.. their girls don't wear burkhas and they celebrate kafir's festivals like Holi and Diwali.. I dont think your ancestors were from Sindh.. Sindhis look Arab/Persian than they look Indian.. a Muslim Sindhi can easily be distinguished from an Hindu Sindhi who are dark and short.. That the white guy confused you with a Pakistani must be a moron.. PAkistani and Indians have similar dress code but are poles apart when it comes to looks.. Only Afghan/Central Asians/Iranians and ARabs come close to us in looks.. I never had that problem in differentiating an Indian from a PAkistani.