Sunday, 4 November 2012

Book tries to explain why Pakistan and India are so different today Dr Tariq Amin-Khan

KARACHI: Pakistan and India emerged from an identical colonial past, yet the trajectories the countries followed were very different. In his latest book, ‘Genealogy of Post-Colonial State in India and Pakistan’, Dr Tariq Amin-Khan takes a shot at explaining why this is so.

India is considered one of the world’s largest democracies where capitalism thrives. Pakistan, however, is thought to be the diametrical opposite, where feudal landholders and bureaucratic elite have a strong grip

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