Indians by and large see Gandhiji as Father of the Nation, he brought Freedom, he is indeed the adarshapurush, even avatar almost at par with the Buddha or Christ; thus Jinnah becomes diametrically the opposite – a traitor, who partitioned Mother India, ruthlessly ‘cutting his pound of flesh’. For the average Indian Gandhiji symbolizes purity, simplicity, selflessness, sacrifice, divinity, that Gandhiji could do no wrong; Jinnah and Pakistanis wronged us! ...
