Azaab yeh bhi kisi aur par nahi aaya
Ke ek umr chale aur ghar nahi aaya
I quoted these lines by Iftikhar Arif
Some movements have been characterized as “discursive” by political scientists like Mary Katzenstein. Pakistan’s movement is perhaps one of them. It digressed, and
‘Movements’ use the collective challenge to become the focal points of supporters, gain the attention of opponents and third parties, and create constituencies to represent.
Histories are never buried, in fact, past determines present and future. In Pakistan’s case, its past keeps haunting it.
What sets ‘The Pakistan Anti-Hero’ apart is its ‘genuine’ and ‘original’ nature. It’s a ‘virgin’ – yet developed – version of history (I don’t know how to phrase it better). Seldom do historians write things that common man can relate to. This book I believe is in itself a real advancement in our quest for conclusion of this highly debated topic, a discovery of new ‘sub-discipline’. May be we should call it a ‘history through psychologies’? and its implications in broader context?. It synchronizes micro to the macro and shows its development/evolution simultaneously.
