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title: "When was the A State in Denial – Pakistan’s Misguided and Dangerous written?"  
description: "When was the A State in Denial – Pakistan’s Misguided and Dangerous written?"  
author: "Rajib Ahluwalia"  
published: 2018-08-27  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/48604/when-was-the-a-state-in-denial-pakistan-s-misguided-and-dangerous-written  
category: "books & novels"  
tags: ["books and literature"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# When was the A State in Denial – Pakistan’s Misguided and Dangerous written?

When was the A State in Denial – Pakistan’s [Misguided and Dangerous](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/48475/who-wrote-the-a-state-in-denial-pakistan-s-misguided-and-dangerous-and-when) written?\
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## Answers

### Answer by Harshal Vispute

**Veteran journalist B.G. Verghese's book A State in Denial** delves into a topic of enormous global **importance: [Pakistan](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/93112/why-is-nawaz-sarif-called-fugitive-pm-in-pakistan) and its place in the world.**

After a quick overview of the events that have come to define post-independence Pakistan—the battle for Kashmir, the integration of **Karat and Hyderabad into India**, and the creation of **Bangladesh**—Verghese delves into long-debated topics like the **Indus water treaty, Siachen, and A.Q. Khan's dangerous nuclear forays**, using rare archival material. \
![When was the A State in Denial – Pakistan’s Misguided and Dangerous written?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/67dc6302-0a55-4fc5-ab10-ec84e628d9ec/images/0faab0a5-c2f6-4a82-88c8-84588f71b2f4.jpeg) \
While examining Pakistan's current internal dissent, **self-made jihadi extremism, provincial rivalry, and military rule**, Verghese offers a gentle way out of the country's self-made dilemmas by encouraging Pakistan to become more than the Indian 'other,' and urging it to move away from fundamentalism and embrace the syncretic. \
It once knew a **Sufi-infused Islam. B.G. Verghese's** most recent work is a striking reminder that the underlying issue with **[Pakistan](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/93112/why-is-nawaz-sarif-called-fugitive-pm-in-pakistan) is not Kashmir**, but a lack of a distinct identity, a good philosophy, and the nation's refusal to completely acknowledge its history. \
**Written by Boobli and published by Rupa Publications India on January 1st, 2016.** He was a **senior Indian journalist named George Verghese. He was the editor of the Hindustan Times and The Indian Express**, two major newspapers. He won the **Ramon Magsaysay Award for Outstanding Contribution to Journalism in 1975.**


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