Yes doc.... but a terminal disease and an independent country are two different matters... the first can probably be looked at objectively and scientifically (in terms of available technical medical literature...) and cannot be compared in any sense with what mr.vir sanghvi has to say about a country....
On 2/8/07, shiv sastry wrote:
I did what I thought needed to be done. But regarding the "haven't travelled to Pakistan" - one needs to recall that a doctor does not have to suffer from a brain tumor or bleeding piles to treat those conditions. That is the basic premise of a review of the literature.
I am sure there is a great dirth of such positivie literature.
My book is an invitation for anyone to find and review positive and flattering literature about Pakistan and write a book. The field is wide open.
In my opinion modern english literature about islamic countries (much like african countries...) suffers from a kind of brutal navel gazing in terms of highlighting the most terrible aspects of life in such countries. If you read older literature about the middle east (or even about africa...) you will find the complete opposite, a kind of silly beautiful people/noble savages mentality.... Its not that these places have changed, people's perceptions of these places have changed...
shiv
