Monuments to confusion

Pakistan must relate to Malala Yousufzai, the Taliban, Balochistan, America and itself in a way that it sustains itself to be what it was dreamt to be by its founders. Drawing upon the present situation of Pakistan, Ayaz Amir recalls the divided psyche of France, Britain and Munich, at their own difficult turn-offs of history, to instil an optimism in the country by exemplifying a historical similarity of a different sort. Read more...