The root cause of all this is Gandhi's obsession with communal harmony - to him his image as an epitome of 'secularism & non-violence' just as Harishchandra epitomized truth. But the difference is that only the family of Raja Harishchandra were subjected to the hardships caused by his steadfastness - in the case of Gandhi , his family is safe & fine - only the common man (largely Hindus) are paying for his obstinacy.
Jinnah , as an atheist, was as secular as Gandhi but he was not blind to reality!
I also feel that it is madness to fight over religion but it does not require hindsight to realize that a 'Muslim free' India & a 'Hindu free' Pakistan would have been better. The 'Calcutta Carnage' & the clashes between Hindus & Muslims even before independence should have suggested this.
We have brought this on ourselves by accepting the word of Gandhi as Gospel.
I hope the role of Gandhi would be reviewed and reassessed in a fair manner and that he is put in his proper place in History Books instead of blindly justifying everything he did.
