![]() ![]() And then suddenly the warning bell rings and then I have to finish the essay in next 10 minutes. I begin in style, elaborating the most un-important thing with "you need to provide the context before you come to the actual gist" rationale. I reach the essay question without realizing that there are only few minutes left before the warning bell to ring. I remember my school days' exams, where I used to keep the essay writing exercise towards the end, cause that would take considerable time and thought. He published his latest book "Tinderbox: The past and future of Pakistan" in January 2012 discussing the themes of identity crisis and class struggles in Pakistan.Īkbar was also the editor-in-chief of The Deccan Chronicle, a Hyderabad-based news daily. It was released in Rome at the headquarters of Adnkronos on 15 January 2008. His book Blood Brothers has been translated into Italian as Fratelli di Sangue. Akbar's recent published book is Blood Brothers, a skillfully crafted family saga covering three generations and packed with information of events in India and the world, particularly the changing Hindu-Muslim relations. He also authored The Shade of Swords, a cohesive history of jihad. He has written several non-fiction books, including Byline (New Delhi: Chronicle Books, 2003), a biography of Jawaharlal Nehru titled Nehru: The Making of India, a book on Kashmir titled Kashmir: Behind the Vale, Riot After Riot and India: The Siege Within. He is also the founder and former editor-in-chief and managing director of The Asian Age, a daily multi-edition Indian newspaper with a global perspective. He launched "The Sunday Guardian", a weekly newspaper in 2010, and continues to serve as Editor-in-Chief. He also had an additional responsibility of overseeing the media conglomerate's English news channel, Headlines Today. He was the Editorial Director of India Today, India's leading weekly English news magazine published by the Living Media group till his resignation in October 2012. Mobashar Jawed "M.J." Akbar (born 11 January 1951) is a leading Indian journalist and author. Without understanding the why, it is virtually impossible to know what needs to be done. If these implications were limited to Pakistanis, it might have been a containable problem, but their impact has had explosive consequences for the region and the world. This book explores the roots of this ideology in the history of Indian Muslims how it has, with meticulous perseverance, crept into the life of Pakistan and what the implications are for the future. If Jinnah was the father of Pakistan, Maududi emerged as its godfather. The most powerful of these ideologues was an extraordinary cleric with exceptional persuasive powers, Maulana Maududi. He did not comprehend that he had created an opportunity for those committed to an alternative ideology. Jinnah visualized a Pakistan that had a Muslim majority, but was secular in its practices. The question is not whether Pakistan will survive, but what it will survive as: a modern democracy or an illiberal theocracy. There is, however, a serious malaise within Pakistan's body politic, arising from one gene within the country's DNA. Nations do not commit suicide, nor die of accidents or old age. ![]()
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