Mid-August Independence

At the age of only five or six years I saw that old woman who I think was in her teens during the first war of independence in 1857. I suppose her age was more than hundred years in the early fifties of the last century. She narrated a few painful stories. What happened to the fighters of freedom and how cruelly the British Imperialists hanged them by neck till death on the tall trees. But no woman was raped and no child was killed. The mid-August independence stories I read in books and heard from my seniors. I am shocked how men became beasts at the eve of independence! When English rulers decided to quit India though power was not yet transferred to the native leaders millions of men including children were killed women were raped and their breasts were cut. The old woman commented during the rule of white English men law was enforced, but in the rule of black native English men humanity suffered more than what it suffered in the days of slavery. So I always welcome and celebrate 14th of August, the day on which Pakistan was created, with a mixed feelings. I forget Bharat but what happened in Pakistan it was created to form an Islamic republic and a welfare state. Neither democracy could flourish in Pakistan Nor Islam could become the law of the state. During last seventy years almost half of the period the nation was ruled by dictators. No doubt in it the country was industrially developed economy was better than that in the period of so called democratic leaders and law remain enforced. But isn't it an irony that no elected Prime Minister could complete his term in Pakistan. In the early forties Muslims of this continent were looking for a nation. God blessed them with Pakistan but now Pakistan is looking for Pakistanis. Where are Pakistanis? I see Pathans, Baluchis, Punjabis and Sindhis. I want to congratulate a Pakistani on 14th of august,2017 for this great day of independence. I went before a mirror to congratulate myself my image in the mirror said, "Think twice before you congratulate yourself, are you a sincere and true Pakistani? " Still I am hopeful when I saw my grandchildren decorating the front of their house with green flags of Pakistan. I smiled. By the grace of Almighty, I have found Pakistanis Happy Independence Day to the children of Pakistan. I hope you'll do that what we could not do.