How India's Boon to Pakistan Turned into a Threat

Can a gift given in goodwill become a weapon wielded against the giver? How often does history punish generosity that lacks foresight? Can a nation survive if it continues to nurture the serpent it once saved?

The creation of Pakistan in 1947 is often described as a political partition, but in its essence, it was a colossal act of civilizational generosity. India, bleeding and battered from centuries of colonial exploitation, still agreed to the vivisection of its sacred land to fulfill the aspirations of a minority community. In doing so, India hoped to grant peace, stability, and self-determination to Muslims who demanded a separate nation.

However, what followed has been a tragic replay of an ancient Indian story, eerily familiar in its betrayal of trust.

The Tale of Bhasmasura: Boons Turned into Doom

In Hindu mythology, the demon Bhasmasura performed severe penances to please Lord Shiva. Moved by his devotion, Shiva granted him a deadly boon: whosoever's head Bhasmasura touched would immediately turn into ashes. No sooner was the boon granted, Bhasmasura, consumed by arrogance and treachery, tried to use the gift against Lord Shiva himself.

In a desperate act of cosmic intervention, Lord Vishnu took the form of the enchanting Mohini. Using wit and charm, Mohini tricked Bhasmasura into placing his own hand on his head, thus leading to his self-destruction.

Drawing the Parallels: India & Pakistan

Much like Shiva's boon to Bhasmasura, India's granting of Pakistan was intended as a means of satisfying a restless demand for separate identity and preventing future bloodshed. Yet, within months of its creation, Pakistan turned its malevolence toward India, attacking Kashmir in October 1947.

Since then, the story has repeated itself with ruthless consistency. Whether it was the wars of 1965, 1971, or 1999, or the proxy wars through terrorism in Mumbai, Uri, Pulwama, and now Pahalgam, Pakistan has chosen to repay India's magnanimity with treachery.

What we witness is the "Bhasmasura Syndrome" in geopolitical form: a creation, nurtured initially by goodwill, transforming into an existential threat.

Terrorism: The Modern Hand of Bhasmasura

Pakistan, unable to match India in conventional warfare, has perfected the art of bleeding India by a thousand cuts through guerrilla warfare and cross-border terrorism. Its intelligence agencies, military establishments, and non-state actors operate in tandem to spread chaos and carnage across Indian soil.

Just as Bhasmasura turned his boon into a death weapon, Pakistan has transformed its existence into a constant act of hostility against the very nation that enabled its creation.

The Inevitability of Reckoning

However, mythology offers hope. Just as Vishnu in the form of Mohini neutralized Bhasmasura through strategy and patience, India too is evolving its response. Surgical strikes, air raids like Balakot, economic isolation, and diplomatic offensives represent India's gradual transformation from a passive sufferer to an assertive actor.

Pakistan’s internal decay, mounting international isolation, and economic collapse are signs that the self-destruction cycle has already begun. Just as Bhasmasura brought about his own end, Pakistan’s obsession with enmity will eventually consume it from within.

Final Reflections: Will India Allow History to Repeat or Rewrite It?

How long should a nation tolerate the treachery of a monster it helped create? When will the world recognize that nurturing terror states is akin to granting boons to demons? Can peace ever coexist with entities committed to perpetual conflict?

The saga of Bhasmasura teaches that misplaced generosity without strategic foresight leads not to peace but to peril. Modern India must heed that lesson, ensuring that the Mohini of strategy, strength, and resilience ultimately ensures the self-implosion of terror-breeding entities.

India's future depends not just on defending itself but on decisively dismantling the threats it once inadvertently enabled.