Pakistan: Courting the Abyss

During his professional career with the cabinet secretariat, he specialized in security issues pertaining to India s neighbourhood. He did his schooling from Mayo College, Ajmer and studied History at St Stephen s College, Delhi at the undergraduate level and at Delhi University at the post-graduate level. Tilak Devasher has taken to writing after he retired from the cabinet secretariat, Government of India, as Special Secretary in 2014. He h

He did his schooling from Mayo College, Ajmer and studied History at St Stephen s College, Delhi at the undergraduate level and at Delhi University at the post-graduate level. Post retirement, he has continued to take a keen interest in India s neighbourhood with special focus on Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. About the Author Tilak Devasher has taken to writing after he retired from the cabinet secretariat, Government of India, as Special Secretary in 2014. . During his professional career with the cabinet secretariat, he specialized in security issue

He also dwells at length on the Pakistan movement, where the seeds of many current problems were sown the opportunistic use of religion being the most lethal of these. Building on several years of study and work on the region, he examines the looming water crisis, the perilous state of education, the economic meltdown and the danger of an unrealized demographic dividend that have been eating into the innards of Pakistan since its creation. With data-driven precision, Devasher takes apart the flawed prescriptions and responses of successive governments, especially during military rule, to the many critical challenges the co

RH said Liturgy of Pakistan diminished by the rhetoric of faux nationalism and religious fundamentalism. The book examines in detail the fundamental narrative of Pakistan existence supported by a coterie of delusional military leaders holding a country hostage to a flawed perspectives. The book encapsulates the history, economic development, societal narrative explained easily within the reasons . A good overview of the geopolitics of Pakistan Pranay A good addition to the literature on contemporary Pakistan. The chapters on preindependence, education, demography, and water differentiate it from other recent books that focus on the tumultuous nature of the Pakistani state and terrorism alone.The conclusion leaves more questions than answer. "Write up par excellence!" according to Sohrabrostam. Fantastic interweave of education, environmental issues, economy and religio-military lunacy to explain things in a way that complements wonderful narratives by folks like Christine Fair