Salman Rashid is a Travel writer and a Fellow of Royal Geographical Society.
Salman Rashid comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss the Arabization of Pakistan, Pakistan's Identity Crisis, Ranjit Singh, Pakistan before Zia-ul-Haq, Mustansar Hussain Tarrar, Balochistan, Karachi, K2 and Lahore after Partition.
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Chapters
0:00 Arabization of Names
9:30 Pakistan’s Identity Crisis and the role of British Colonialism
17:30 Ranjit Singh and old Empires in India
25:30 India and the history of hatred in Pakistan
32:44 Pre Zia Pakistan and Bengal
40:00 Quaid-e-Azam and Liaquat Ali Khan
45:00 Mustansar Hussain Tarrar should not be a travel writer
49:30 British mapping and writing
54:00 Love for Travel Writing and Ranikot
1:05:00 Hillpark and Karachi
1:10:00 Religiosity and fake piety during Zia-ul-Haq’s era
1:15:00 Urdu, Persian, Languages and Dialects
1:19:00 Things to see in Balochistan
1:23:30 King Porus, Alexander the Great and Mandi Bahauddin
1:28:40 Hindu contribution to Lahore and Partition
1:38:00 Audience Questions
