It is small wonder then that in the initial days after Independence and for decades afterward, it was thought that the little country would fall apart and India would be Akhand Bharat again. But the little country survived. It not only survived but prospered and there was a time when a visit to Pakistan was actually a status symbol. To be a Pakistani was a pride. Unfortunately, the corrupt leadership has now left us in the lurch. And Pakistanis, being only humans, beamed with pride and boasted of their success. In fact, at one point they were contemptuous of all things Indian. The PIA was the airline of choice; the airhostesses had their uniforms cut and fashioned in Paris; Lahore was the heart of the country and Karachi was the city where the world came to shop. It is a very different story today. Pakistans leaders have cheated their people. The morale of the Pakistanis is at its lowest ever in its 63 years of existence. Sadly now, there are an increasing number of people who say that they should never have migrated to the new country. They think they could have had a better future outside Pakistan. Over the past decades, there has been a silent migration to other parts of the world because Pakistan democracy has become 'by the corrupt, of the corrupt, for the corrupt. Just imagine the president of this country. NOWSHIRWAN ADIL, Hamburg, March 26.