Eqbal Ahmad

Notes on South Asia in crisis

Chroniclers will record December 17, 1971[ December 16, 1971], as the day of the dismemberment of Pakistan. Historians will say that the destruction of the country, as conceived and constituted by its founding fathers, began on the night of March 25. From that moment, the movement toward disaster was inexorable, for the men who held our destiny were oblivious to reason of politics, diplomacy, morality, and military strategy.

March 5, 2015
March 5, 2015

Notes on South Asia in crisis

Chroniclers will record December 17, 1971[ December 16, 1971], as the day of the dismemberment of Pakistan. Historians will say that the destruction of the country, as conceived and constituted by its founding fathers, began on the night of March 25. From that moment, the movement toward disaster was inexorable, for the men who held our destiny were oblivious to reason of politics, diplomacy, morality, and military strategy.

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