Wednesday 25 April 2018

#206

Hussain Haqqani has been a noted journalist and diplomat from Pakistan.  He was Pakistani ambassador to the United States between 2008 and 2011
 and has also been the High Commissioner to Sri Lanka.  This book is such a clear-eyed, frank and honest analysis of the kind of anarchy and disorder that symbolizes the country today.  As a reader from India, I am not taking any vicarious pleasure in the dangerously destructive situation in that country.  Because, in many ways, this book is also a cautionary tale for India, as to what happens when you allow religion and majoritarian agenda to take deep root in society.
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