Mistakes of 1947 | Tarak Fatah |

India, today, is a mere shadow of its former self. Its limbs cut off and forgotten. Forgotten are Sindhu, Chittagong, Dhaka, and Lahore. Because compromises were made, solutions were promised but never delivered, and yet, the names are still revered in the sub-continent. Tarek Fatah ji enumerates the mistakes of 1947 and the possible solutions, if any.

About the Speaker:
Tarek Fatah is an author and a weekly columnist for the Toronto Sun. He hosts a weekly Sunday afternoon talk show on Toronto’s CFRB NewsTalk 1010. His book “Chasing a Mirage: The Tragic Illusion of an Islamic State” was runners-up for the prestigious Donner Prize in 2008 while his second book “The Jew is Not My Enemy” won the Helen and Stan Vine Award in 2010.
I am an Indian born in Pakistan, a Punjabi born in Islam; an immigrant in Canada with a Muslim consciousness, grounded in a Marxist youth. I am one of Salman Rushdie’s many Midnight’s Children: we were snatched from the cradle of a great civilization and made permanent refugees, sent in search of an oasis that turned out to be a mirage.
Pakistani-Canadian journalist Tarek Fatah passes away at 73

Topics Covered:
0:00 The crux is that the threat is Pakistan
1:18 (Afghanistan, Taliban)—is a reminder to India that the Babars of today are still alive.
1:36 The part-time solution, Partition, will come back and haunt us.
3:57 (Taliban taking over Kabul)- a catastrophe this happens once in a century
12:26 Partition- a comedy of errors
19:08 Book by Francois Gautier—speaks about a weak spine
20:47 Nonsensical idea of 2 nations.
23:27 Nehru could have stopped partition
28:12 clarity is needed to understand the threat to India
33:43 Why are you ashamed of who you are?
36:10 Why neglect Hindu victims of partition?
47:43 A growing disconnect with our roots among Hindus
55:52 Legacy of Nehru insisting that nothing to be said against the Muslims
1:01:00 Views about ‘ex-Muslims’

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Pakistani-Canadian journalist Tarek Fatah passes away at 73