Personas of Holy Pretence
Personas of Holy Pretence
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Go to cartISBN: 9788130922737
Bind: Paperback
Year: 2013
Pages: 336
Size: 153 x 229 mm
Publisher: Viva Books Originals
Sales Territory: Worldwide
Review:
"Zahir Kaleem dedicates this book to Faiz Ahmad Faiz, which is only appropriate. His vast experience in countries like ours, coupled with his concerns for ordinary people is what propels his writing. He joins those who believe in the distant dawn."
—Professor Salima Hashmi (Daughter of Faiz Ahmad Faiz)
Description:
Personas of Holy Pretence is a psycho-political analysis of the negatively changed world especially post 9/11. Almost all sides have been afflicted in varying ways and degrees. This analysis compares the proud society in Pakistan that existed over three decades ago with the current intolerant crowd. Most analysis applies equally to Muslims in general, perhaps others too because human behaviour is largely universal. The book contains suggestions for reigniting dormant thought processes and injecting positive thinking.
Contents:
Chapter 1: For Whom the Book Tolls
Chapter 2: Madness, but with a unholy method
Chapter 3: Accountability or destiny; a defining choice
Chapter 4: Decrypting the medieval mind set
Chapter 5: Moving to the "right", getting it horribly "wrong"
Chapter 6: Tax me if you can
Chapter 7: The divided self of several halves
Chapter 8: The art of serial blundering
Chapter 9: Degeneration of national intellect
Chapter 10: Manifestations of structuralism in behaviour
Chapter 11: Hypocrisy; a parallel religion
Chapter 12: Corruption - Is society a victim or catalyst?
Chapter 13: Leaders and unsung heroes
Chapter 14: Israel - Masters of deception & digression
Chapter 15: Connecting with the world
Chapter 16: Dead end ahead; all change
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About the Author:
Zahir Kaleem, born in 1949 in the city of Quetta in Pakistan but educated in the city of Lahore, he served in public service of his country from 1973 for 23 years before being selected as Executive Director by the Commonwealth's tax organisation in London. However developments back home over the last three decades impacted far beyond national boundaries. Serious concerns about those developments and the socio-cultural decay triggered this project.
