I WAS disappointed to see the much-hyped presentation, Home 1947, a joint ef fort of the British Council and Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy at the Dolmen Mall in Clif ton.
I came away wondering whether the agenda was to diminish the Quaid`s achievements. I suspect the presenters have tried subtly to plant the idea in the people that perhaps independence was not worth the cost and the Line of Control should be our Berlin Wall.
Presendngsuchthoughtsonthe Quaid-i-Azam`s birth anniversary is more of an affront to our founder than a celebration of his achievements. The true genesis and ownership of the Partition tragedy was deliberately kept concealed.
The youth of today came away with the feeling that the perpetrators of the injustice were the victims.
I request the same event partners to also organise a public screening of Howard Brenton`s historical play, Drawing the Line first performed by Hampstead Theatre, London, to put into context how thetragedy was triggered by the indecent haste of Sir Cyril Radcliffe.
To quote from the play: `Why have the British sent a fool? Do they want to turn Partition into a Gilbert and Sullivan opera?` Well, 71 years on, Ms Chinoy did a deja vu for us.
