Rai Muhammad Rizwan

Undoubtedly the best analysis on Pakistan since a while by a serious British journalist. I have thoroughly enjoyed the experience and eagerly digested most of the arguments and facts with relish. Just one little story from this gem of a book is.... - When informed that suttee was an ancient Rajput custom General Sir Charles Napier CIC India answered, 'You say it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We have a custom: when men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And we will follow ours.