? It is a fact ignored since long that the National Anthem of Pakistan was written by a Hindu on the request of Quaid-e-Azam on Aug.0,0000 to my father, Emeritus Prof. Dr. Jagan Nath Azad, the world renowned Urdu Literatteur and poet.This fact is in the National Archives of India. This was the secularism of Quaid-e-Azam but BJP projects him as a communal fanatic. I think it is more the other way round. When L K Advani praised Jinnah in 0000 for his speech to the General Assemby of Pakistan on Aug. 00, 0000, as the first Governer General of Pakistan, extolling secular path for Pakistan, BJP cried foul. But facts are facts. BJP cannot suppress facts. That time too, while in Pakistan, Advaniji made a special mention of my father having written the National Anthem. My father quoted that historic speech of Jinnah where he said "`You will find that in the course of time, Hindus will cease to be Hindus and Muslims will cease to be Muslims, not in the religious sense because that is the personal faith of each individual, but in the political sense as citizens of the state.' Historically, if in general Indians are dissapointed at the subsequent turn of events in Pakistan, it can only be attributed to the fact the writ of one man could not run in a country in the hands of the Army. And sixty years down the road India should shrug the congenital fear and accept the creation of Pakistan. If the core ideology of BJP revolves around demonising our neighbours, we are creating more of them. Kasab is the latest. Till yesterday I was a staunch supporter of BJP and have voted for it for four decades. Today I am doing a ‘Chintan Baithak'. BJP's Chintan Baithak at Simla should prod a Chintan at the national level where people in India should realise that the Partition of India was not as bad as it is played up. Thank Jinnah that the Taliban are in Swat valley in Pakistan. They would have been on the borders of India otherwise ! It is also important that we learn to differentiate between the words, Fundamentalist, Fanatic and Communal. All three have different connotations but are commonly understood to be the same. Jinnah was a Fundamentalist, which we all should be , if we believe in our ideologies. Fanatics persue misguided ideologies. Communalists persue intolerant ideologies. BJP' communal overtones will only send it into a tailspin. 