Our gods of hatred
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Dawn, Pakistan, Thursday, 02 Jul, 2009
A NATION is born with the birth of ‘the other’, as the latter helps identify ethnic, linguistic and cultural differences. “Until I came to Karachi, I thought everybody was a Punjabi,” said a bemused friend.
The problem is not with the discovery of one’s collective identity. The predicament begins with the transformation of ‘the other’ into a threat, or when it is relegated to a sub-human status as reflected in sectarian killings or the carnage wreaked by the Taliban.
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A NATION is born with the birth of ‘the other’, as the latter helps identify ethnic, linguistic and cultural differences. “Until I came to Karachi, I thought everybody was a Punjabi,” said a bemused friend.
The problem is not with the discovery of one’s collective identity. The predicament begins with the transformation of ‘the other’ into a threat, or when it is relegated to a sub-human status as reflected in sectarian killings or the carnage wreaked by the Taliban.
More
Labels: Ethnicity, Sectarionism
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