In the 'independence generation', back when some Indians had just <i>started</i> to branch towards psecularism but weren't quite there yet, they were still able to see some plain facts that escape the far more psecular of today -
From one of the quotations on the side of Haindava Keralam entries:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->A very important factor which is making it almost impossible for Hindu-Muslim unity to become an accomplished fact is that the Muslims cannot confine their patriotism to any one country. I had frankly asked many Muslims whether, in the event of any Mohammedan power invading India, they would stand side by side with their Hindu neighbours to defend their common land. I was not satisfied with the reply I got from them.
Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
From one of the quotations on the side of Haindava Keralam entries:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->A very important factor which is making it almost impossible for Hindu-Muslim unity to become an accomplished fact is that the Muslims cannot confine their patriotism to any one country. I had frankly asked many Muslims whether, in the event of any Mohammedan power invading India, they would stand side by side with their Hindu neighbours to defend their common land. I was not satisfied with the reply I got from them.
Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->