Jinnah - The Greatest South Asian Leader in The History Of The Whole Wide World...

"Still many many years later... Jinnah manages to stir up controversy and wins the title of "greatest ever south asian leader" despite emphatic APPEALS by Indian TV to vote for Gandhiji... "

What does that suggest Manto ? What sort of people would vote in a ’BBC.CO.UK GREATEST SOUTH-ASIAN LEADER’ internet poll ? Indians and Pakistanis obviously. And Indians outnumber Pakistanis 7 to 1. Jinnah still got most of the votes that were cast.What does that tell you ? More Pakistanis voted than Indians , perhaps ? And that only Pakistanis are stupid enough to take these things seriously , maybe...

Inspite of ’emphatic appeals by Indian TV to vote for Gandhiji’ (your words) , not many Indians bothered to do so....and many of those who did take the trouble of voting just for the heck of it (like me) voted for Subhash Chandra Bose. Indians have moved on. Our heroes and our leaders are not Gandhis or Nehrus - but people like Ambani , Premji , Murthy , Tata , Kalam etc.

You are a fool to go ballistic with such frivolous internet polls. As far as I remember , in a similar internet poll conducted by BBC a few years back , Amitabh Bachchan was voted as the ’Greatest Actor of the Milleneum’ ....beating quite easily other nominees like Marlon Brando , Al Pacino , Charlton Heston , Gregory Peck and so on. Again - what does that tell you ? Obviously only yhr sub-continental types take the trouble of participating in these polls. And Jinnah’s elevation as the ’Greatest South Asian etc. etc. ’ only proves that the Indians have finally grown up and found other hobbies. Thank god for that.

So much for the authenticity of these internet polls !! Atleast Gandhi got a major Hollywood movie made in his name - which I think went on to win many Oscars. The whole world (North Amrica /Europe / Australia) has atleast heard of Gandhi. Jinnah who ?