Points of Entry Encounters at the Origin Sites of Pakistan by Nadeem Farooq Paracha, Edition 2018
Pakistan is more than the sum of its news making parts. In these marvellous essays on history, politics and society, cultural critic Nadeem Farooq Paracha upturns various reductive readings of the country by revealing its multi-layered reality. With wit and insight, he investigates past events and their implications for modern day society.
Thus, one piece explores how and why Mohenjo daro has been neglected as a historical site, and another examines how Muhammad bin Qasim, who briefly invaded Sindh in 713 CE, has come to be lionised as the original founder of Pakistan. There is a story about a Pakistani Jimi Hendrix who plays the guitar like a dream and also one about a medieval emperor who lives on in the swear words of a Punjabi peasant. There are essays on Pakistani pop music, on Afro Pakistanis and on how Jhuley Lal came to be more than just a folk deity for Sindhi immigrants in India.
- Author:Nadeem Farooq Paracha
- Binding Type:Hard Bound
- ISBN:9789387578296
- Total Pages:188
- Publishing Year:2018
- Language:English
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