sábado, 27 de abril de 2019

Wisdom From The Fringe | The Indian Express

Wisdom From The Fringe | The Indian Express



Wisdom From The Fringe

In era of ideology and nationalism, reflections on what ails Pakistan.

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In Pakistan the “marginalised” wisdom of the “rejected” is contained in a new book, Rethinking Pakistan: A 21st Century Perspective.


When you want to put a lock on the collective mind, you embrace “ideology”. This is a recipe for creating a uniform mind but you have to add a bit of punishment to make it hold. Religion comes in handy because it allows you to punish deviation. In case the state pretends to be democratic, there will always be the “condemned” fringe opinion that the brainwashed nation takes pleasure in abominating. Such a situation now obtains in both India and Pakistan. In Pakistan the “marginalised” wisdom of the “rejected” is contained in a new book, Rethinking Pakistan: A 21st Century Perspective, put together by Bilal Zahoor and Raza Rumi. Some extracts will arouse interest and rage in equal measure.

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