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India declared itself as the secular country at the time of independence and Muslims were given option to stay back or leave for Pakistan. Many have migrated and scores remained. But fact is that Muslim league was given more than 90 % votes at the time of granting independence that advocated partition of the country. Consequently India was partitioned. At the time of independence, Sardar (Leader) Patel, the former Deputy Prime Minister of India Stated that Muslims were free to migrate from India and if they choose to remain could not have dual loyalties. What he anticipated in 1947 happened soon. Patel is no more. His prophecy has become true. Muslims after partition mostly withdrew from the main stream and confined themselves into groups and identified with their religion than with the country. Every aspect was being linked to the religion (1). No doubt they felt at risk in majority India. The successive governments too followed appeasement policies to gain confidence of Muslim voters and this has resulted in a feeling that they have some special status in India and are required to be pampered. There were many communal riots in India at many places including Hyderabad. A section of Muslims openly supported Pakistan on all maters and Middle East than India. There were saner Muslims. But their voice was not heard. No one ventured to speak against the fundamentalists. The partition has driven permanent wedge between both the communities and fear of mistrust has become permanent in India. The assassination of MK Gandhi in 1948 itself was the outcome of severe dissatisfaction over his Muslim appeasement policies during the freedom struggle and partition of the country that it permanent damage to the nation. The Government continues the policy of appeasement and result is that Islamic terrorism has taken permanent roots in the country. Kashmir is threatened. Some even raised formation of Mughalistan in Uttar Pradesh areas (2). Government even hesitated to take action agsint the Muslim legislators who were responsible during the attacks on Tasleema Nasreen (3) and doctors at the hospitals in Hyderabad recently (4). All these incidents go to prove that pseudo secularism no doubt is practiced in the country. This article narrates the aspect of pseudo secularism in the form of English poems (5).

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Hospital services in Hyderabad of late have been adversely affected by the strike of Government doctors. The government hospitals in the city that cater for the poor mostly are facing serious problems with the doctors resorting to strike protesting against assaults by goons of patients including members of legislature on them and the patients are being turned away. This is causing untold suffering to humanity in the city where majority are poor and depend on the services of Government hospitals. Private hospitals and nursing homes are very expensive and beyond reach of a common man.

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Hyderabad city, the capital of Andhra Pradesh State was founded nearly 400 years ago by the Kutubshahi poet King Mohammed Kuli Kutubshah (1580-1611) who ruled at impregnable fort Golconda fort that is just few kilometers from the city. The city earlier named by the king as Bhagyanagar was named- after his wife Hydermahal who was earlier was known as Bhagmati, a Hindu village girl. The city has seen many ups and downs. Golconda and the Hyderabad city were invaded by Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in 17 th century and the reigning popular king Abul Hassan Kutubshah ( 1672-1687) was defeated by treachery that was the hall mark of personality of religious bigot and fundamentalist Aurangzeb. The fort was captured on 21 September 1687 by treason committed by Abdullah Pani, a low level commander of Army. The fort was over run and kingdom was annexed to Mughal provinces and the king Abul Hassan Tanasha Kutubshah was exiled and pensioned off to Daulatabad fort now in Maharshtra State where he died in a course of time in captivity (1). The city remained under Mughal rule under a Deccan Subedar (Governor) Chin Qiliz khan. In subsequent years, the governor declared independence in 1724, once the central rule at Delhi became weak and the Mughal rulers became pleasure seeking debauches, worthless, weak, spineless and powerless. He assumed title as Nizam- ul- mulk Asif Jah.

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