Cause and Effect Essay

                                                                        Sacrifice

         “You are free, you are free to go to your temples. You are free to go to your mosques or to any other place or worship in this State of Pakistan. You may belong to any religion or caste or creed that has nothing to do with the business of the State”. These words were spoken by Pakistani founder Quaid-e-Azam. When Pakistan declared its independence from India by British, in 1947, every Muslim from India needed to migrate to the new land which was called Pakistan. It was the purest opportunity for Muslims to leave India because they were about to gain freedom from daily torture from the Hindus. During the migration, immigrants from India suffered a lot including my grandparents. They also migrated with other people to start a new life. The journey was difficult for my grandparents and this migration was the beginning of new life and in the last, they also moved for religious reasons.

  

         At the beginning, the journey was difficult for my grandparents. They had to migrate as soon as possible to enter Pakistan. It took six weeks for my grandparents to reach Pakistan, and my grandparents traveled a long journey by foot.  During the journey my grandparents had a scarce food and resources. In addition, Hindus were hunting and killing them when they saw any Muslim. They were not in favor that Muslims should leave India and travel to Pakistan because they wanted them as slaved in their country. The journey was so bad that my grandfather had to carry a knife during his whole journey to defend himself and others from bad people.

            In addition, when my grandparents finally made it to enter Pakistan after struggling, and they had to start everything from the beginning. In India, my grandfather had a fabric business, but it was burnt in riots in 1947. When the migration happened, he left everything including home, business and relatives. Furthermore, it was a new land for my grandparents. They were looking for shelter to cover themselves from the open sky. Pakistan was the new land, so he worked with his friends to establish a small home for them. My grandfather and his friends worked tirelessly to build a house, and they all lived with peace in that handmade house. The government of Pakistan also opened small firms like grocery stores, textiles factories to hire people, so the people could earn a living.

            Finally, the important reasons were for migration due to religion. India boycotted all the religious rights for Muslims like they were not allowed to sacrifice animals in the month of “Eid-ul-Azha”. In addition, Hindus burned holy places for Muslims especially mosques, Hijabs and niqabs were pulled off Muslim women, and they were being raped by Hindus. Muslims households’ items were thrown on streets and burned in the bonfire by Hindus. Muslim homes were sold out without asking them.  Therefore, Muslims need a safe and secure land to practice their religion and live in peace. My grandfather took a deep breath when he heard that finally Muslims are getting our own place for worship. My grandparents were very happy when they heard that they got their own country with full of rights.

            This is how my grandparents experienced this whole journey. However, though the journey was hard for them, my grandparents did not give up because grandfather believed the Pakistani founder. After the development, of Pakistan my grandfather purchased another home for my father, and it all happened in the mid of 1940. The political leaders of both countries India and Pakistan have issues like currently both countries are breaking political relations for war, and citizens of both countries are trying to resolve this matter.