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Handwriting Expert Says Musharraf Was Tense During Summit
NEW DELHI, July 18 (IslamOnline & News Agencies)- After the inconclusive finale of the India-Pakistan peace summit in Agra, a handwriting expert analyzed the entry which Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf penned on Saturday in the visitor's book at Rajghat - the New Delhi memorial to Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi. Analysis concluded that the general was tense and nervous.
"He is not very demonstrative of his emotions of affection and is not hypocritical," Vineet Kumar, a Delhi-based graphologist, told the Hindu Daily. Kumar also added that while Musharraf may have appeared cool and composed during his weekend trip to India, the strong-willed general was actually tense.
In his one-page homage to Gandhi, Musharraf put firm pressure on the pen and formed his letters with large and heavy loops. He crossed all his T's, but missed some of the dots on his I's.
"This implies that the military ruler is not a commonplace man but a thinker. He is known for taking initiatives and has a scientific bent of mind," Kumar said.
Musharraf stayed within the margin, showing he is "quite conservative and practical," and the spacing between his letters shows he has "a flexible mind but is impulsive at times."
As for his signature, inked swiftly in big letters with the final F crossed to form an underline, it shows Musharraf is self-assertive with strong individuality, Kumar concluded.
Musharraf spent three days in India, leaving late Monday after talks with Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee ended in deadlock.
Kumar went as far as analyzing Musharraf's wife's handwriting as well - concluding that she is energetic, enthusiastic, very diplomatic and has several friends.
"Begum Musharraf is a good manager and is capable of handling almost all types of personalities. However, very often she can choose harsh and blunt words to deflate any ego and perhaps creates enemies,'' Mr. Kumar told the Hindu daily.
Vajpayee has accepted Musharraf's invitation to come to Pakistan for talks, despite warnings from the right-wing Shiv Sena party that he might lose national support for doing so.
Shiv Sena activists showed their opinion of Musharraf by symbolically "cleansing" Gandhi's mausoleum after the Saturday visit.
Meanwhile, U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan urged India and Pakistan to continue their dialogue toward resolving the conflict, in spite of the inconclusive Agra summit.
" [I] would like to encourage both leaders to regard this meeting as the first step in a process, and to persevere with their efforts to establish a sustainable bilateral dialogue so as to resolve their differences," the U.N. chief said in a statement.
"It would have been too much to expect major breakthroughs on the difficult issues of substance from a first meeting," the statement went on to say.
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