America and Pakistan will never be mistaken for kindred spirits, yet despite their differences, they share some striking similarities.
Are religiosity and propagandized television all we share?
Read more: 6 Things America and Pakistan Have in Common
‘George Orwell coined the useful term “unperson” for creatures denied personhood because they don’t abide by state doctrine. We may add the term “unhistory” to refer to the fate of unpersons, expunged from history on similar grounds.
The unhistory of unpersons is illuminated by the fate of anniversaries. Important ones are usually commemorated, with due solemnity when appropriate: Pearl Harbor, for example. Some are not, and we can learn a lot about ourselves by extricating them from unhistory.’
Read more- Noam Chomsky: Anniversaries From ‘Unhistory’
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