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Escape from Oblivion: The Story of a Pakistani Prisoner of War in India QUOTES

1 " He was viscerally opposed to the Bengalis. I find such sentiments even today. It is incongruous to consider someone you want as an equal partner, at least in theory if not in practice, to fall in line and function as a second class citizen. When I asked him how he expected the majority of the population to accept the rule of the minority, he said some things were ordainded to be and that it was the fate of inferiors to be subservient to the superiors. It was clear that Col. Mujeeb was racially motivated. With such views prevailing even among the intelligentsia, how could one hope for the two Wings to remain united. It was clear that my Pakistan was dead. "

― , Escape from Oblivion: The Story of a Pakistani Prisoner of War in India

2 " [Malhotra] then began with the business of the day, remarking that since time immemorial India had tried to be a friendly neighbour to Pakistan. That qualifies as the single most untrue statement made in one breath that I had ever heard in my life. "

― , Escape from Oblivion: The Story of a Pakistani Prisoner of War in India

3 " Through the clouds, I saw the lights of Dacca city. Home was now less than a heartbeat away. But was it really home or another transit stop until I reached West Pakistan soil? "

― , Escape from Oblivion: The Story of a Pakistani Prisoner of War in India