Amar Nam Pakistan by Jayanta Ghoshal [Hardcover]

To Indians, the name Pakistan is often met with unsavoury emotions – resentment, abhorrence and frustration to name a few. But are these emotions truly well thought-out or are they a culmination of our society’s conditioning which in turn is fed by India’s media and political propaganda? An eminent journalist, Jayanta Ghoshal has been to Pakistan several times and each time he came back in awe of our neighbor. In ‘Amar Nam Pakistan’, he has unraveled a different side to Pakistan starting with its formation and their love-hate relationship with India. It has reinstated some facts while also busting some popular rumors. This book will surely compel you to think twice in times of politically motivated crises! 'Jayant Ghoshal's book on Pakistan is a different kind.... an informed presentation by an intelligent, seasoned observer.... How did the impact of the Cold War drive the India-Pakistan relationship to its own devices? How has Kashmir kept the Pakistani government and ordinary Pakistani citizens under wraps? How does the solution emerge from the conflict between the personal will and reluctance of the patriot or the historical thinking and the long-standing worldview of the bureaucracy or the military, how to force the status quo to be maintained? How the benefits of deeply imbibing the two-nation theory later outweighed all goodwill.... Many such things have been very beautifully brought out by Jayant. Sanjay Mitra Former Defense Secretary of India