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Better Americanized Than ‘Indianized’

Better Americanized Than ‘Indianized’
 
By AHMED QURAISHI
Sunday, 31 August 2003.
AHMEDQURAISHI.COM
 
LAHORE, Pakistan—My first choice is to have a Pakistani identity. That’s my first instinct. But if I have to choose what foreign cultural influence to allow in my house, then I prefer to be Americanized than to be ‘Indianized’.  It’s debatable who is more corrupting to family [...]

Pakistan Should Be Identified As Part Of Central Asia & ME

ISLAMABAD— Pakistan has adjusted its identity and national security direction at three crucial times in its history; first after Pakistan’s independence; second, after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan; and third after 9/11.
And each time, the Middle East and the United States were the common denominators. Our interests overlapped with Washington’s [...]

Pakistan Should Be Identified As Part Of Central Asia & ME

ISLAMABAD— Pakistan has adjusted its identity and national security direction at three crucial times in its history; first after Pakistan’s independence; second, after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan; and third after 9/11.
And each time, the Middle East and the United States were the common denominators. Our interests overlapped with Washington’s [...]