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India-Pakistan
Why My Father Hated India
2011-07-16
Aatish Taseer, the son of an assassinated Pakistani leader, explains the history and hysteria behind a deadly relationship
To understand the Pakistani obsession with India, to get a sense of its special edge—its hysteria—it is necessary to understand the rejection of India, its culture and past, that lies at the heart of the idea of Pakistan. This is not merely an academic question. Pakistan's animus toward India is the cause of both its unwillingness to fight Islamic extremism and its active complicity in undermining the aims of its ostensible ally, the United States.
Posted by:john frum

#4  Is this a Dreams of my Father Moment?

I think so, JohnQC. From Papa's Wikipedia page:

Taseer also had a son, Aatish, in 1980 with Indian journalist Tavleen Singh. Though married at the time, Taseer met Singh during a book promotion trip to India in March 1980. According to Aatish, their "affair lasted little more than a week."

What Mama was thinking I simply cannot imagine.
Posted by: trailing wife   2011-07-16 18:41  

#3  Is this a Dreams of my Father moment?
Posted by: JohnQC   2011-07-16 14:10  

#2  Could it be, dear Aatish, because your father belonged to a human subgroup members of which are markedly deficient in ability to feel love, compassion, and empathy with others---but, in compensation, are endowed with extra ability to hate?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2011-07-16 10:11  

#1  Thank you that was interesting and sad. "And it should provoke no triumphalism in India, for behind the bluster and the bravado, there is arid pain and sadness". Hope Mike gets a look at this. This fellow has a nice writing style.
Posted by: Dale   2011-07-16 09:40  

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