Thread by @shrikanth_krish

Mention of MMS by @tylercowen here is provocative

Raises the old question - Does "Pakistan" refer to a piece of land? Or broadly the history of Islam in India?

If it's the former, a history of Pakistan should also include Rig Veda, Pāṇini's grammar etc

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@tylercowen But Pakistan has little to no interest in the fact that it was the cradle of Indus Valley civilization, cradle of much of early Vedic culture

ALso little interest in personages like Pāṇini the grammarian, or Kautilya the Mauryan statesman or Vasubandhu the Buddhist philosopher

@tylercowen In contrast India, at least large sections of it, has not formally disowned, the association of Islam with the land

People still visit the Red Fort, Taj Mahal for tourism. We glorify the reigns of Islamic kings like Akbar - much to the chagrin of the Right

@tylercowen To my mind this fundamental chasm is not appreciated enough in the West

It has implications for issues like Kashmir

Pakistan sees itself as the flagbearer of Islamic culture in "India"

While India at best sees itself as a secular state (at best with a Hindu slant)

If India were a Hindu state, then the Indian claim on Kashmir would be weaker.

But India is a Hindu country. Not a Hindu state. Which has never accepted the two-nation theory unlike Pakistan