Saturday, 22 October 2011

The new novel

A question of Partition

How much of an impact has the Partition left on the collective psyche of Pakistanis? What is the cultural impact? Why is the Partition considered holy grail? Why cannot we accept the decsion as possibly wrong or rash? I want to explore the ramifications and the full impact on the Pakistani nation. I want to put the whole Partition aftermath under a microscope and after analysing the detail I want to consider all possible alternatives as well. Did we in our eagerness to beleive in Pakistan overdo the accolades? I believe the propoganda was a bit too overblown.