Khwaja Ahmad Abbas quotes

Khwaja Ahmad Abbas was an influential Indian film director, screenwriter, novelist, and journalist. His work is noted for its social realism and deep empathy for ordinary people. He left a lasting mark on Indian cinema through his thought-provoking films and stories. Here is 1 of his quotes:

Maula Bakhsh, a peasant, lives in Tamil Nadu and speaks Tamil. In Andhra Pradesh he speaks Telugu. In Bengal, his language is Bengali. Do we think of such a Muslim for whom I have invented the name Maula Bakhsh. Jinnah, Khaliquz Zaman, Maulana Azad, the Aga Khan, M. C. Chagla and the Raja of Mehmudabad... were Muslims. So was Hakku, the elderly grandmother of our locality. She prays 5 times a day. She was so deeply moved by one of Gandhi's speeches that she would repeat his name after Allah and His Prophet. At the age of 70, she stitched her own khadi kafan, because she did not want her body to be wrapped and then buried in a foreign cloth. So when people discuss India's Muslims, I wonder who are they talking about. Maula Bakhsh? Jinnah and Co.? Or Hakku? (Khwaja Ahmad Abbas)

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