Re: Why my father hated India (WSJ article)
Read the following paragraph again
"*Had this assertion of national identity meant the casting out of something alien or foreign in favor of an organic or homegrown identity, it might have had an empowering effect. What made it self-wounding, even nihilistic, was that Pakistan, by asserting a new Arabized Islamic identity, rejected its own local and regional culture. In trying to turn its back on its shared past with India, Pakistan turned its back on itself.
But there was one problem: India was just across the border, and it was still its composite, pluralistic self, a place where nearly as many Muslims lived as in Pakistan. It was a daily reminder of the past that Pakistan had tried to erase./I
This above sentiments are express by many in the past and it is one hundred percent true. His father hated India, becuase India is proving (in your face) every day that Pakistan’s bluff is called.
It’s like Michael Jackson, not comfortable in your skin, although a black, wanted to prove he is different, tried changing the skin color, wanted to loose the flat nose, wanted white children (for someone who wanted a wife only for childred could have choosen a African american lady). But in the end he was not happy, needed profofal to sleep every night.
Over time, all societies benefit from influences of other societies. None will be happy by rejecting their own past and values.