We do not believe in an honest self-introspection instead much prefer to practice rather zealously lying and denying.
VANCOUVER, BC, CANADA: This is with reference to Dawood I Ahmed’s article of December 16 titled “Rethinking the big lies from 1971”. The article is not only thoughtful and provocative but also makes a persuasive argument for our shortcomings as a nation.
We are a nation whose birth was based upon lies and hence our history is full of manufactured lies. I do not think we ever made an effort to tell the truth, or for that matter even if we even know what the truth is. We do not believe in an honest self-introspection instead much prefer to practice rather zealously lying and denying. What the writer is asking of us can never be delivered because truth will pose a serious threat to our very existence.
A reader
Published in The Express Tribune, December 18th, 2011.
