May 12, 2011
by Atanu Dey
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Category Archives: Pakistan
August 24, 2010
by Atanu Dey
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Of Human Savagery and Human Joy
Christopher Hitchens once wrote “I think human civilisation only begins when people separate religion from the state. Policing that frontier, making sure of it, is a huge thing, culturally and politically. You realise that any attempt to cross it is … Continue reading
December 31, 2007
by Atanu Dey
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Cargo for Pakistan
I have previously observed here that India has what I call a “cargo cult democracy.” In India’s neighborhood that is not a distinction. The entire Indian subcontinent suffers from that malady. The short version is that around here democracy as … Continue reading
November 16, 2007
by Atanu Dey
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Quo Vadis, Pakistan
Pakistan matters critically to India. One could dismiss it as a failed tin-pot dictatorship and is of little consequence with respect to India’s development and economic growth. But it is just because it is a tin-pot dictatorship that it matters. … Continue reading