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My reading count, this year, has been abysmal. '-' have read just one book and half of the year has already passed.

'why reading isn't always good for you'
http://www.newstatesman.com/cultural-...

“Is it because of this repudiation of the past as much as the present that Pakistan appears to possess no history, properly speaking?”

“For the League’s achievement was invoked in the UN General Assembly as a precedent for the founding of Israel only a year later, much to the chagrin of Pakistan’s representative there.”
Devji is exploring the idea of Pakistan with a very interesting perspective. An angle that historians have generally overlooked.