பாகிஸ்தான் ஆகும் தஞ்சை: மலர்மன்னன் கடிதம்

இங்கு நடக்கும் விவாதங்களைப் படித்த திரு. மலர்மன்னன் அவர்கள் இந்த மின் அஞ்சலை எனக்கு அனுப்பியிருந்தார். இதைப் பதிப்பிக்குமாறு அவர் கேட்டுக் கொண்டதன் பேரில் இங்கு தருகிறேன்.

Dear brother,

I had gone through the comments in your blog by numerous bloggers and readers about my Thanjavur experience appearing in Tamil Sify. While thanking you for initiating a debate on this burning issue, I wanted to record my impression also on it but I could not make a comment at your blog. I am therefore writing it below, which may kindly be reproduced in your blog.

Hindustan has been a secular country from time immemorial and it is NOT secular just because our man made Constitution, which is about 60 years old, is presently saying so. It is secular by nature because it has been the land of Hindus. Initially, there was no declaration in the Constitution as "secular" in referring to our nation. The freedom of worship was assured under fundamental rights, irrespective of anyone's caste, creed or faith. The term was tagged later after many years to satisfy minorities to secure their votes. In fact, secular is NOT our concept. It relates to European monarchs, as they had to come out of the clutches of the Church that was overriding them. Hinduism is based on the very fundamentals of secularism and therefore, there was no need of coining a specific term to refer to it.

Now, I found that one of your readers had commented that ours is a secular country and anybody can buy properties anywhere and settle down. Quite true. But there are certain restrictions in some regions to buy properties to people from other regions. For instance,you cannot buy land in some of the north eastern states. Kashmir also has this privilege. I am statingt his for information only NOT going into the rationale in this, as it is NOT the bone of contention now.

Citizens of Hindustan, irrespective of their faith can settle down anywhere is true but in case of Mohmeddans it makes a lot of difference because of their mindset in general. Exception cannot be a rule.

Dr Ambedkar, who was NOT a Hindutva supporter clearlywarned that if Hindusatn had to be divided on the basis of Hindu and Mohmeddan, then the population should also be exchanged between the two on the basisof two different faiths considering the mindset of Mohmeddans. He explained that Mohmeddans place their religion above their nationality by nature and identify themselves with their religion first. Hindustan's safety and security would be in danger if Mohmeddans were allowed to continue their stay in Hindustan and the problem of Majority-minority rift would be a permanent headache for Hindustan. Please NOTE the term Hindustan is used by Dr Ambedkarand NOT me! You need to read his work 'Pakistan orPartition of India' writtten in 1941 to know hisargument in the matter. He has cited the incidence of Mohmeddans of Hindustan calling Afganistan's Amir to invade when their hold on power was weak. He also mentioned later how Mohmeddans in the army of Rajah Hari Singh of Kashmir suddenly shifted their loyaltyto the invading Pak army that was in disguise of Pathan tribes and the unit of Kashmir army was left with just 120 men to die fighting.

I do NOT have any personal grudge with any Mohmeddan and my NOT calling them Moslem and their religion Islam is NOT intentional. Those two terms are common and can be applied to anybody, who are good and pious,devoted and humble. Mohmedddans have to be iddentified by Mohmed whom they consider their prophet. It is similar ro Christians, though Christ is also a general term but exclusively used for Jesus, son of Mary.

Now, coming to the issue, there are already Mohmeddan majority panchayats in Thanjavur district and they officially celebrate August 14 as independence day with an excuse that Aug 15 is a holiday! You should know Aug 14 is the independence day of Pakistan. In these localities, Mohmeddan highhandedness has already begun in so many ways. Your fundamental rights, even though assured by our Consitution, are in peril in these places. You need to go to Thanjavur district to witness thedistress experienced by other communities wherever Mohmeddans have become majority. This kind of problem was never witnessed by Mohmeddansand others when these areas were having a Hindu majority. I can go on stating many more points but please try to understand that I am speaking on the grounds of my personal knowledge and experience of the result of demographical change in Hindustan especiallyif the scale goes down in favour of Mohmeddans.

Affectionately,
Malarmannan