most excellent article by mohsin hamid – finally, a diff story of pakistan:
“As I see it, the Pakistan project is a messy search for ways to improve the lives of 180 million very different citizens. False nationalism won’t work: we are too diverse to believe it. That is why our dictatorships inevitably end. Theocracy won’t work: we are too diverse to agree on the interpretation of religious laws. That is why the Taliban won’t win. Can democracy deliver? In some ways it already has.” Full article.