India, Nov. 12 -- As we celebrated the birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad yesterday, one of the greatest freedom fighters and the first education minister of independent India, we failed to accolade his efforts towards fostering communal harmony. It would be a major misapprehension if we don't reflect on his views on communal harmony in today's scenario. The visionary of a man had channeled his efforts towards unraveling communal problems, but his efforts couldn't see the light of the day due to the supposed impediments created by Jawaharlal Nehru.
This article revisits Azad's efforts and strategy to stop the partition of India and Pakistan and talks about the reason for its failure and the "greatest political blunder of his life...