In the bigger picture, China also tried to bully India to test India’s resolve, identify who supports India against itself and set an intimidating example to its smaller neighbours.
Many media interactions do reveal that ordinary Pakistanis actually love our culture, art, and literature, and therefore we must distinguish between the ‘lovers’ and ‘haters’.
Our defence strategies are designed by the political leadership and bureaucracy, but its execution is the responsibility of the Armed Forces/Paramilitary.
The trouble with media sensationalism is the obsession with ethereality of the moment, coupled to news cycles aka TRPs. The fast food consumerist consumption of narratives makes it hard for a considerate articulation.
18 months into the Prime Minister’s office, Imran Khan has plunged Pakistan into economic and social chaos, resulting in the Pakistani Army tightening its grip over majority of the power structure in the country.
Pakistan’s new found love and its desperate attempt to be called as descendants of the erstwhile Ottoman Turks is manifest in the recent nationwide craze for the Turkish series ‘Dirilis Ertugrul’. It is amusing and stems from the vulnerability and desperation of its deep state to find an India-unaffiliated identity.
Visuals of migrants walking hundreds of kilometres have scarred the national consciousness and compelled the middle classes to ask uncomfortable questions. How are we treating the communities who work for/around us?
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