Defence NOT Victory
Defence NOT Victory “ 6 September, 1965 ki ALAS-SUBAH, Hindustan nay baghair ailan-e-jang, Pakistan per, Lahore ki janib se hamla kar diya ” [Translation – In the wee hours of 6 September, 1965 Hindustan launched an attack on Pakistan from Lahore without a prior declaration of war] ` Or so read the text-books of the consolidated subject of Pakistan Studies, that I read, and coming generations would be forced to read too. Please note the deliberate use of “Hindustan” instead of the 23 constitutionally recognized official names of India, a term charlatan historians and lackeys of the old apparatus use to distinguish the Hindu-Muslim existence of the two nations. ( Urdu newspapers in India also use Hindustan instead of the official Jamhuriya-e-Bharat, it’s a cultural adaptation immersed in the language ). This single sentence in our text books covers more than just the launch of a war. It is emblematic of the perpetual lies that have been spread in our histor...