Will Pakistan exist within the next 20 years?
Today’s conditions don’t show very much promise.
There’s an interesting phrase I see popping up in Indian politics called “Mera des badal raha he” which translates roughly to “My nation/homeland is changing”.
It’s interesting because of how it’s used as a double-edged sword and has both right wing and left wing connotations.
The right wing use it to praise the BJP and its governance and claim the nation is on a path to economic progress, international prestige and nation reinvigoration. It promises a bright and optimistic future in a nutshell.
The left wing use it as a grim warning or a mockery and claim the nation’s secular fabric and institutions are being torn apart and an intolerant regime bent on persecuting minorities and imposing authoritarianis...