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- Title: India is the Revisionist Power
- Author : Pakistan) The Express Tribune (Karachi
- Release Date : January 29, 2011
- Genre: Reference,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 48 KB
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Byline: Ejaz Haider In his famous essay, What is a Nation, the French philosopher, Ernest Renan, argued that selective amnesia - "forgetting", as he puts it - is an important part of modern nation-building. This is achieved in many ways, but most importantly by controlling the narrative. The narrative determines the core aspects of the identity of a state. It is successful when that identity is internalised by the peoples to a point where those core aspects are not disputed, and where any external challenges to them are simply not entertained.