Sindhi, Panjabi, Bangali. These Hindu communities suffered the most before, during, and post the partition mayhem. These must have experienced the Gazi-s at their best.
In my general observation (which might be invalid), I have found that Sindhis have tried to preserve the memory of that experience and passed on to the next generation. As a result one finds Sindhis more open to Hindutva, and much less p-secularized.
On the contarary the Panjabis, (esp. Sikhs?) migrating from west Punjab, and Bangalis migrating from East Bengal - they have not been able to or willing to transmit that painful memory to next generations? Or they have had some other factors at work different from the case of Sindhi-s? Why! you would find the first or second generation from this persecuted, thrown out group of Punjabis-Bangalis to have produced the best of Islam-loving gems of the p-secs - from Amartya Sen to MM Singh, while Sindhi migrant group produced the likes of LK Advani.
I would like someone to correct me or provide some thougths here.
What is the difference between the Sindhi group vis-a-vis the other two? This despite the fact that Sindh was the first province of Bharat to have been colonized by Arabic imperialism - and one that continued to be continuously subdued!
History of Sindh and Sindhi might demand a separate thread if there is enough interest.
In my general observation (which might be invalid), I have found that Sindhis have tried to preserve the memory of that experience and passed on to the next generation. As a result one finds Sindhis more open to Hindutva, and much less p-secularized.
On the contarary the Panjabis, (esp. Sikhs?) migrating from west Punjab, and Bangalis migrating from East Bengal - they have not been able to or willing to transmit that painful memory to next generations? Or they have had some other factors at work different from the case of Sindhi-s? Why! you would find the first or second generation from this persecuted, thrown out group of Punjabis-Bangalis to have produced the best of Islam-loving gems of the p-secs - from Amartya Sen to MM Singh, while Sindhi migrant group produced the likes of LK Advani.
I would like someone to correct me or provide some thougths here.
What is the difference between the Sindhi group vis-a-vis the other two? This despite the fact that Sindh was the first province of Bharat to have been colonized by Arabic imperialism - and one that continued to be continuously subdued!
History of Sindh and Sindhi might demand a separate thread if there is enough interest.