When this came on TV, we did not have a TV set. I saw only bits and pieces of this series, which is good. Now I can read the book from scratch.
We should all read books like Tamas and Train to Pakistan. Not because our current leaders want to incite hatred against Muslims but because we should remember what a terrible price we have paid to have a country.
Pakistan is a fucked up country precisely because it was based on a religion. It is doomed to fail. We do not want to emulate Pakistan or its failures by making our country based on religion. We want to be a beacon of hope to the post-colonial world.
