Iqbal and the Pakistani dream: fact or fiction?
Visiting Srinagar once, Indian essayist Pankaj Mishra found Iqbal in a rather unexpected place. Or, at least, in an unlikely heart. For most Indians, Mishra notes, Iqbal was simply the “misguided instigator of the movement for Pakistan.” But then Mishra met Mohammad Ishaq Khan, a historian of Islam in Kashmir. By his very nature, Dr. Khan held politics at arm’s length; his writing focused on…
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Visiting Srinagar once, Indian essayist Pankaj Mishra found Iqbal in a rather unexpected place. Or, at least, in an unlikely heart. For most Indians, Mishra notes, Iqbal was simply the “misguided instigator of the movement for Pakistan.” But then Mishra met…
