A state in denial :Pakistan's misguided and dangerous crusade
Material type: TextPublication details: New Delhi Rupa 2016Description: x, 230pISBN: 9788129135988Subject(s): Diplomatic relations | Politics and government | PakistanDDC classification: 327.5491054 Summary: A State in Denial by veteran journalist B.G. Verghese explores a subject of immense global significance - Pakistan, and where it is positioned in relation to India and the world. After a brisk overview of the events that have come to define post-Independence Pakistan - the battle for Kashmir; the integration of Karat and Hyderabad into India; the creation of Bangladesh - Verghese, drawing from rare archival material, approaches subjects that have long been contentious - the Indus water treaty, Siachen and A.Q. Khan's dangerous nuclear forays. Even while analyzing Pakistan's present-day plunge into internal dissent, self-made jihadi extremism, provincial rivalry and military rule, Verghese offers a gentle way out of the nation's self-made dilemmas - by encouraging Pakistan to become more than the Indian 'other', and urging it to move away from fundamentalism and embrace the syncretic, Sufi-infused Islam it once knew. B.G. Verghese's last book is a powerful reminder that the core issue with Pakistan is not Kashmir - rather, it is the lack of a clear identity, the absence of a positive ideology, and the reluctance of the nation to fully accept its history.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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327.5491 MEH/F The foreign policy of Pakistan : ethnic impacts on diplomacy | 327.5491054 KAM/T Tryst with perfidy : the deep state of Pakistan | 327.5491054 NAY/P Pakistan at the crossroads | 327.5491054 VER/S A state in denial :Pakistan's misguided and dangerous crusade | 327.5491055 VAT/I Iran and Pakistan : security, diplomacy and American influence | 327.5491073 NAW/B The battle for Pakistan : the bitter US friendship and a tough neighbourhood | 327.5493054 DIX/A Assignment Colombo |
A State in Denial by veteran journalist B.G. Verghese explores a subject of immense global significance - Pakistan, and where it is positioned in relation to India and the world. After a brisk overview of the events that have come to define post-Independence Pakistan - the battle for Kashmir; the integration of Karat and Hyderabad into India; the creation of Bangladesh - Verghese, drawing from rare archival material, approaches subjects that have long been contentious - the Indus water treaty, Siachen and A.Q. Khan's dangerous nuclear forays. Even while analyzing Pakistan's present-day plunge into internal dissent, self-made jihadi extremism, provincial rivalry and military rule, Verghese offers a gentle way out of the nation's self-made dilemmas - by encouraging Pakistan to become more than the Indian 'other', and urging it to move away from fundamentalism and embrace the syncretic, Sufi-infused Islam it once knew. B.G. Verghese's last book is a powerful reminder that the core issue with Pakistan is not Kashmir - rather, it is the lack of a clear identity, the absence of a positive ideology, and the reluctance of the nation to fully accept its history.
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