Interesting observation: the population of the shrillest evangelists and proponents of Akhanda Bharat do not seem to contain as many Punjabis and Bengalis as one would have been reasonably justified to imagine, given that it is their nations that were torn asunder by the partition, both during the British colonial era and at independence. On the other hand, the highest number of the very same Punjabis and Bengalis seem to make up the Aman ki Asha type groups, which seek to find common ground based on a history of syncretic civilisation coming together, with an accent on reconciliation and acceptance with a view to a future fraternal union of sorts, rather than a forced reincorporation and occupation followed by the saffron flag flying on these occupied lands.
I mean, it is an interesting exercise in intellectual masturbation for the Maharashtrian, Tamil, and UPite Brahmins to imagine their ideal Indian nation-state extending from the Iranian and Tajik borders in the Northwest to the far ends of the islands of Java & Sumatra to the Southeast, but it kind of sticks out that none of those very people who fantasise about this have suffered the pain of partition for their known generations in history. From where then, do you think, this wet dream originates? And what keeps it alive?
Bengali (aur Punjabi) shaadi mein Gadgil, Mishra, aur Natarajan diwane!!
