Constructing Pakistan - pg. 86

Even more important for my inquiry is this emphasis on the degree of Muslim particularity: the Hindu-Muslim differences did not flare-up at the time of the nationalist movement. Here, in one of the early works of Muslim fiction, the Muslims are already expected to make their case with reference to the Hindus. The Muslim struggle, therefore, is not necessarily against the British, but must be juxtaposed with their stronger and more successful counterparts, the Hindus.