Indian hard-liner adjusts his sails to catch winds of peaceful change.(OPINION)

From: The Christian Science Monitor | Date: June 30, 2005 | Copyright information

Byline: John Nemec

WASHINGTON -- The impossible occurred last month in South Asia. A conservative Indian nationalist leader praised the founder of Pakistan.

On a visit to Pakistan designed to improve relations between the two nations, Lal Krishna Advani, the leader of the Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), called Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, a "great, secular leader" who "created history."

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