Sunday, February 09, 2020

Did Pakistan have a better economy than India till the 1960s?


A relative there(in pakistan) had found a job for a person still here.” The third kind ­continued well into the 1960s, 
 Did Pakistan have a better economy than India till the 1960s?

 “The migration of Muslims to Pakistan happened in three phases,” explains Ahmed. “Immediate ­migration from places hit by violence, ­migration driven by calculations and pragmatic reasons, and individual ­migration, such as in cases where a relative there had found a job for a person still here.” The third kind ­continued well into the 1960s, he adds, but the key change happened in 1968 or 1969 when Pakistan put a stop to migration. “It was then that Indian Muslims realised they have to sink or swim here. As a consequence, it led to a growth in their public visibility and rights orientation. The first major ­expression was witnessed in the Shah Bano case where Muslims asserted themselves and showed the will to fight for their rights. So the journey of Muslim grammar in independent India has been from passivity to visibility to activism,” says Ahmed. This live ­presence was an issue for the RSS, which cited it to ignite the fears of the majority community.


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