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What is the Pakistani Identity?
Is it religion? Is it Arab? Is it Indian?
Writer, Actor and Content Creator Adeel Afzal is comes back on the podcast to unpack the Pakistani Identity, from the state creating an identity on the basis of religion to people playing the religion card, on this deep dive podcast we discuss Forced Nationalization, Regional Identitities, Heer Ranjha, the National Anthem, Urdu, Allama Iqbal, and Punjab.
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Chapters:
0:00 Unpacking Identity and creating the Pakistani Identity
8:00 State Identity based on Religion and using the religion card
18:00 Religion, Culture and Discrimination
24:00 Forced Nationalization, Urdu and Imposed Narratives
37:00 Mazhar culture, Politics and Religion Card
46:00 Relegating regional languages and cultures
55:00 National Anthem and Haffez Jalandhari
1:00:00 Hockey, Cricket and Squash
1:04:00 Heer Ranjha and making Education for all
1:14:00 Imposing Identities and being disconnected from your own Identity
1:21:51 Gwadar and Economic Anxiety of the Baloch
1:28:30 Allama Iqbal and Poetry in the Sub-Continent
1:33:00 Conclusion