Such ironies are still noticeable in the Pakistani psyche. The people of the West Punjab, Sindh and Baluchistan today celebrate the victories of Muslim invaders whose cruelty was let loose on their ancestors centuries ago. Among the heroes of Pakistani history, alien invaders of the land have been glorified the most.

Muhammad-bin-Qasim, Mahmud Ghazanavi, Muhammad Ghori, Babar and Aurangazeb are great heroes in Pakistani textbooks. It is the inferiority complex of the converted Muslims which makes them forget their own land and their great (non-Muslim) ancestors. It is this that makes them take pride in associating themselves with the invading Muslim victors from distant Arabia. Pakistani writers trace Jinnah’s ancestry to the bloodline of the family of the prophet Muhammad! The indisputable fact is that Jinnah’s ancestors had converted to Islam only a few generations ago and even his father used to follow Hindu traditions in many respects. Stories about this still circulate in the interiors of Gujarat.