The Weight of History: A Lament for Lost Truths
A call to reclaim Pakistan’s art and history from distortion, to rebuild truth that restores complexity, critical thought.
As I ponder the meaning of history today, I am reminded of the Persian adage,
"History repeats itself and the debt of sorrow remains unpaid."
In Pakistan, our understanding of history has been reduced to a simplistic narrative of dates and events, stripped of nuance and complexity.
We inherit a legacy of biased chronicles, penned by the victors and rulers, while the voices of the real people remain whispers in the wind.
Our art history, in particular, has been a casualty of this myopic approach, with the brutal truncation of our cultural heritage and the denial of our pluralistic roots.
The propagation of a sanitised, Islamised narrative has left our students bewildered and bereft.
Author's summary: Reclaiming Pakistan's art and history from distortion.
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