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Many Indians see Pakistan and Pakistanis as irredeemably hostile. Of the rest, while some argue that, despite Partition, were still the same people, others dont really know any better to have an opinion. Veteran journalist Kesava Menon offers a unique and personal perspective that pulls the third category of Indians out of their indifference, and pokes holes in the black-and-white outlook of the first and the glib optimism of the second. Menon has been a long-time commentator on Pakistani politics, ever since his stint as The Hindus correspondent in Pakistan in the early 1990s, a crucial period in that countrys recent history. The Islamic hardliner and dictator Ziaul-Haq had died in an air crash, and the future of the nations new experiment with democracy was at best uncertainwith Nawaz Sharif coming to office after Benazir Bhuttos brief first run as prime minister. People were free enough to breathe easy, but yet too feeble to speak up to power. So while the army was now led by a non-fanatical professional, religious fundamentalists with little electoral clout could still openly hurl obscenities about Benazir at a PPP rally; the three-starred pioneer of anti-India jihad could pers

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Author

Kesava Menon

Publisher

Speaking Tiger Books LLP

Published

2023

Language

EN

ISBN

9789354473227

Category

nonfiction