This grew out of a letter I wrote back home about the country I just left, a place I grew quite fond of.
So, for all those who want to know:
This is my take on the country and region I have been living in for the past year+. Much like my own country, Pakistan is not a real nation, it is a political state, in this case based on a common religion, encompassing the Islamic parts of old British India, more on that horrendous breakup later. Even the name is not organic, derived as an anagram of the initials of the major ethnic groups in the country (Pushtun/Punjab+Afghan+Kashmir+Islam+Sindh+balochiSTAN). It used to include non-contiguous East Pakistan as well, not connected through anything but religion, but those folks, imagine this, felt neglected and abused at the hands of their Muslim brethren in West Pakistan. East Pakistan eventually became Bangladesh. I got to thinking the other day and if it were still in existence, British India would be the largest country on earth, encompassing, as it did, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and of course, Pakistan.
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