Re: Pakistan’s economy grew as strong as India’s in 2002 to 2006: Indian magazine
Overall good to know. But....
Dalrymple said Pakistan could not be termed as “the most dangerous country in the world” as being propagated by many. Instead the country is enjoying a construction and consumer boom, with growth approaching 8 percent - “the fastest-rising stock market in Asia”.
I think he misunderstands what people mean when they say "Pakistan is the most dangerous". He seems to think it refers only to what happens to Pakistan inside Pakistan whereas what is meant is what can happen to the region and the world if certain things are not changed/controlled/eradicated in Pakistan.
there has been an amazing renaissance in English-language fiction, with fine writers like Kamila Shamsie, Nadeem Aslam, Daniyal Mueenuddin, Moni Mohsin, Ali Sethi and especially this year’s Booker short-listee, Mohsin Hamid, all for the first time giving their Indian counterparts a run for their money.
What has english-fiction to do with economy or is indicative of? Kind of random, the only inference is, before there were only Indians and now some Pakistanis also write english fictsion!
“Little of this has been reported in the Indian press, and Indians generally seem remarkably ill-informed about the changes which have been quietly but profoundly changing Pakistani society beneath the media image of military stagnation and jehadi horrorism.”
This is a bit crasy. Why would Indians in general be so keenly interested in following economic and social developments in Pakistan when they themselves are working pretty hard to make ends meet, granted some are doing better than others? Apart from jehadi, cricket and weapons issues, average Indians have no reason or interest in Pakistan I think