[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT_RdVwLHC8&w=320&h=266] The last time i shared a video on this platform, Marlon Brando smirked in his coffin. This time, however, the topic at hand is a bit too serious. The student in the above video delivers a splendid speech if you understand Hindi/Urdu. But she ends up following the same script that people belonging to theocracy do: letting religion dictate the terms of nationalism. So much so that one particular religion becomes the overriding indicator of nationalism. I think that’s the problem with the narrative nations found on the basis of religion stick to. Pakistan ain’t alone in this basket. Israel too suffers from the same disorder. Both these countries were born out of insecurity and hatred for their neighbour. And it’s showing even today. Almost seven decades after their birth. When you make religion the basis of your existence, it’s difficult to differentiate between your personal and public identities. Which is also why culture as such suffers because one dominant narrative (which is severely flawed as can be noticed in that young girl’s poetic speech) tries to overlook established historical facts.
Factual crisis > Existential crisis
Factual crisis > Existential crisis
Factual crisis > Existential crisis
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT_RdVwLHC8&w=320&h=266] The last time i shared a video on this platform, Marlon Brando smirked in his coffin. This time, however, the topic at hand is a bit too serious. The student in the above video delivers a splendid speech if you understand Hindi/Urdu. But she ends up following the same script that people belonging to theocracy do: letting religion dictate the terms of nationalism. So much so that one particular religion becomes the overriding indicator of nationalism. I think that’s the problem with the narrative nations found on the basis of religion stick to. Pakistan ain’t alone in this basket. Israel too suffers from the same disorder. Both these countries were born out of insecurity and hatred for their neighbour. And it’s showing even today. Almost seven decades after their birth. When you make religion the basis of your existence, it’s difficult to differentiate between your personal and public identities. Which is also why culture as such suffers because one dominant narrative (which is severely flawed as can be noticed in that young girl’s poetic speech) tries to overlook established historical facts.