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1、Futures,Vol.29,No.10,pp.909-918,1997Pergamon01997ElsevierScienceLtd.AllrightsreservedPrintedinGreatBritain0016-3287/97$17.00+0.00PII:SO016-3287(97)00073-6THEFANTASTICINDIA-PAKISTANBATTLEAshisNandy’TheIndia-Pakistanbattleisnotconcernedwithhistory.Insteaditisconcernedwith
2、thefutureofreconstructedpasts,withmythsthatframethefateofSouthAsiaasitentersthetwenty-firstcentury.Indiacannotevenconceiveofitself,orevendevelopaself-definitionofitself,withoutreferencetoPakistan-eventhoughthatreferenceisoftentoanimaginary,fantasizedPakistan.Pakistanret
3、urnsthecourtesy.Theplainfactisthatthemythsandhistories,culturesandtraditions,andvisionsandaspirations,ofthesecountriesaresotieduptogetherthatitismeaninglessnotjusttotalkabouttheonewithoutanyreferencetoothers,buteventoimaginethemasdistinctivelydifferentnation-states.AllS
4、outhAsianstatesaremodernconstructionsandassuchareimaginaryentities,artificiallyconstructedandboundtofixedgeographicalboundaries.01997ElsevierScienceltd.AllrightsreservedIndiasPakistanWhentheBangladeshwarcreatedanewstatetotheeastofIndiain1971,itendedPakistan’suniquestatu
5、sasacountryintwoparts,separatedbyonethousandmilesofhostileIndia.Beforethewar,thelateSisirGupta,scholarandhard-eyeddiplomat,usedtoclaimthatthecrisisofPakistan’sidentitywasmirroredintheinabilityofPakistanichildrentoevendrawthemapoftheircountrywithoutdrawingIndia.Morethant
6、wenty-fiveyearsaftertheevent,IndianshavenowprovedtheculturalunityofthesubcontinentbysuccessfullyredefiningtheircountryinsuchtermsthatevenadultIndianscannotdefineIndiawithoutinvolvingPakistaninthatself-definition.Pakistanhasahistoryandageography.Beyondthem,shapingIndia’s
7、imaginationofAshisNandymaybecontactedattheCentrefortheStudyofDevelopingCountries,29RajpurRoad,Delhi11054,India(Tel:+91112943450;fax:+91112943450;email:sscsds@ren.nic.in).909TheIndia-Pakistanbattle:ANandvherneighbourinelementalways,isthemythofPakistan.ThismythtranscendsP
8、akistan’sempiricalandgeopoliticalstatus.Itcannotbesubsumedunderrubricssuchasdefencestudies,classanalysis,polit
