Pakistan and India:Will Reunification Ever Happen? Part One (A Harsha Sankar Article)

Dear Citizen,                                                                 July 2020

In my earlier series, I highlighted the illegitimate formation of Pakistan for several distinct and immutable reasons. As Indian leader M. Gandhi loosely expressed, future Pakistan leader M. Jinnah wanted a "divorce prior to the wedding".

While the split made no sense, Gandhi knew that once that happened, there would be no going back. To put this in proper context, if a spouse leaves an individual for no legitimate reason, the chances that individual takes back that spouse,if that spouse is interested in returning, become minuscule indeed.

In trying to escape persecution from the Hindu majority, they in turn persecuted minorities. A nation founded on hypocrisy and lies will eventually become tyrannical, dysfunctional, and lawless. It will achieve "Failed Nation Status" only. The commonalities that exist within its own people will be obscured, resulting in that nation being fractured. That is what has happened to Pakistan.

The four major provinces no longer interact with each other in a positive manner. There is so much friction and so much lack of civility that Pakistan has become the world's leading exporter of this commodity:terrorists. That nation has become such a breeding ground for terrorist development that even its own government and much of its military is undermined.

Pakistan has been a de facto military dictatorship since its independence. Gandhi knew exactly what would happen if Pakistan prematurely came into formation and yet no one heeded his warnings. Should Pakistan and India merge now?

My next post will deal with that question.

                                     Harsha Sankar

                                     Virginia