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batvre ke do tn sl ba?d pkistn aur hindstn k hukmato
ko khiyl y kih ikhlq qaidiyo k 'arh pgalo k tabdilah bh
hon chhi?e ya?n jo musalmn pgal , hindstn ke pgalkhno me hai uhe pkistn pahuch diy j?e aur jo hind
aur sikh pkistn ke pgal-khno me hai uhe hindstn ke
havle kar diy j?e _
Two or three years after Partition, it occurred to the governments of Pakistan and Hindustan that like criminal
offenders, lunatics too ought to be exchanged: that is, those Muslim lunatics who were in Hindustan's insane
asylums should be sent to Pakistan, and those Hindus and Sikhs who were in Pakistan's insane asylums should be
confided to the care of Hindustan.

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ma?lm nah yih bt ma?ql th y hair-ma?ql , bahar-hl
dnish-mando ke faisle ke mut?biq idhar udhar ch sa'h k
knfaranse hu? , aur b'l-khir ek din pgalo ke tabdile ke
li?e muqarrar ho gay _ achchh 'arh chhn-bn k ga? _ vuh
musalmn pgal jin ke lavhiqn hindstn h me the _ vuh
rahne di?e ga?e the _ jo bq the un ko sarhad par ravnah kar
diy gay _ yah pkistn me chkih qarb qarb tamm
hind sikh j chuke the _ is li?e kis ko rakhne rakhne k savl
h nah paid hu? _ jitne hind sikh pgal the _ sab ke sab pls
k hif'at me bordar par pahuch di?e ga?e_
There's no telling whether this idea was wise or unwise; in any
case, according to the decision of the learned, high-level
conferences took place here and there, and finally a day was
fixed for the exchange of lunatics. Thorough investigation was
made. Those Muslim lunatics whose relatives were all in
Hindustan were allowed to remain there. As for the rest, they
were sent off to the border. Here in Pakistan, since almost all
the Hindus and Sikhs had already left, the question of keeping
anyone didn't even arise. As many Hindu and Sikh lunatics as
there were, all of them were conveyed, under police protection,
to the border.

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udhar k ma?lm nah _ lekin idhar lhor ke pgal-khne me
jab us tabdile k khabar pahuch to bar dilchasp chih-mg?iy hone lag _ ek musalmn pgal jo brah baras se har
roz b-q?idag ke sth " zamndr " parht th us se jab us ke
ek dost ne pchh _ " molb sb , yih pkistn ky hot hai " _ to
us ne bare hor-o-fikr ke ba?d javb diy _" hindstn me ek
ais jagah hai jah usture bante hai " _
No telling what was going on that side. But here in the Lahore insane asylum, when word of this exchange arrived,
major discussions began to take place. One Muslim lunatic, who every day for twelve years had regularly read the
"Zamindar," was asked by a friend, "Molbi Sa'b, what's this 'Pakistan'?"; after much thought and reflection he
answered, "It's a kind of place in Hindustan where razors are made.

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yih javb sun kar us k dost mu'ma?in ho gay _us t?arh ek sikh
pgal ne ek dsre sikh pgal se pch _" sardr-j hame
hindstn ky bhej j rah hai --- hame to vah k bol nah
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Having heard this answer, his friend was satisfied.
In the same way, a second Sikh lunatic asked another Sikh lunatic, "Sardarji, why are we being sent to Hindustan? -We don't know the language of that place."

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dsr muskary _ " mujhe to hindstoro k bol t hai --hindstn bare shai'n kar kar phirte hai ---"
ek din nahte nahte ek musalmn pgal ne " pkistn zindah
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The other smiled: "I know the language of those Hindustaggers-- those Hindustanis go strutting around like the
devil!"
One day, while bathing, a Muslim lunatic raised the cry of "Long live Pakistan!"