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Read all her tweets and watch some of her interviews on youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOS43zILE8w), she is a great historian that has been targeted by the Indian Hindu right wing for supporting the truth. She must be given a high platform to speak the truth louder and wider.

Fluent in Sanskrit and knowledgable in Persian, she is the author of Culture of Encounters: Sanskrit in the Mughal Court, Aurangzeb: The Man and The Myth and Aurangzeb: The Life and Legacy of India's Most Controversial King - Please purchase a copy to read, and share it with everyone who's interested. She MUST be invited to speak in Pakistan and the government must promote her.

Exploding Mangoes was the first book I read about Pakistan. Here's a list:

• Pakistan - Social and Cultural Transformations in a Muslim Nation
  A little dry for my taste but I couldn't recommend this more. This book charts the social consequences of state policies and economic factors over the whole time period from '47 to now.
  
  
• Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia
  Very important book if you want to avoid the conspiracy theories floating about Taliban and our role in their rise.
  
  
• Pakistan: Between Mosque and Military
  Interested in Pakistan army's relationship with mullahs over the years? This is a must-read.
  
  
• Magnificent Delusions: Pakistan, the United States, and an Epic History of Misunderstanding
  Title is self explanatory.
  
  
• Beyond Belief: Islamic Excursions Among the Converted Peoples & Among the Believers: An Islamic Journey
  A very informative and interesting two part series on what joins the non-Arab muslims of the world, with a large portion about Pakistan. Written by Nobel Laureate for Literature Naipaul, behnoi of Maj. Gen. Ameer Faisal Alvi who was assassinated in 2008 in Islamabad.
  
  
• Pakistan: A Hard Country
  A good overview of what makes Pakistan run the way it does.
  
  
• The Reluctant Fundamentalist
  Haven't read it but have heard good things about it.
  
  
• The Army and Democracy; Military Politics in Pakistan
  Haven't read it yet.

This is considered by many to be the best program available in the US: http://sasli.wisc.edu/
In addition, I would recommend the following - I have taught from them:
http://www.amazon.com/Lets-Study-Urdu-Introductory-Language/dp/0300114001/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1331705848&sr=8-2
Hope that helps.

Try these written by ex- Pakistan's Ambassador to United States, Hussain Haqqani

1. Pakistan: Between Mosque and Military
   
2. Magnificent Delusions: Pakistan, the United States, and an Epic History of Misunderstanding
   
   And perhaps The Blood Telegram, a memoir of Archer Blood who was an American Diplomat in East Pakistan.

My favorite Carl Sagan book though is "The demon-haunted world: science as a candle in the dark".

As for my recommendation for a popular science book I would say: "Great Physicists: The Life and Times of Leading Physicists from Galileo to Hawking"

Not the usual that people recommend. Do think both are interesting

https://www.amazon.com/Pakistans-Foreign-Policy-Reappraisal-Paperbacks/dp/0195479122

If you're willing to make a worthwhile investment, I recommend this:
http://www.amazon.com/Lets-Study-Urdu-Introductory-Language/dp/0300114001

Great resource.

I've been using this in lessons.

It's probably very basic for you, but it does have vocab lists and it'll ease you into writing a bit (although most of that is still sitting down and just memorising it).

I really like this book:
Teach yourself Urdu in Two Months by Professor Aziz-ar-Rahman

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if you are looking for detailed answer, I'd highly recommend reading Pakistan: A hard country

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I know of Ice Candy Man by Bapsi Sidhwa. There's a movie about it too.

Hmm. Which part of it do you find objectionable? Because the information I picked is from The Penguin History of Early India FROM THE ORIGINS TO AD 1300- By Romila Thapar

Pakistan: A Hard Country

Pakistan,a hard country by Anatol Lieven.?

Pakistan, A hard country

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https://www.amazon.com/Pakistan-Hard-Country-Anatol-Lieven/dp/1610391454

These books are available in India

http://www.amazon.in/Machine-Learning-Probabilistic-Perspective-Computation/dp/0262018020

http://www.amazon.in/Pattern-Recognition-Learning-Information-Statistics/dp/0387310738/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1502576905&sr=1-1&keywords=Pattern+Recognition+and+Machine+Learning+by+Christopher+Bishop

http://www.amazon.in/Deep-Learning-Adaptive-Computation-Machine/dp/0262035618/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1502576961&sr=1-1-fkmr0&keywords=Deep+learning+by+Yousha+Bengio

I tried to put a pakistani address to check if amazon india ships there, http://imgur.com/a/OIhIL but it doesn't.

Sorry bro, I wish there was something I could do.

This is a good read. Also Charlie Wilson's War, the book not the movie gives some insight.

These are the sources. There is also a book that gives more detailsthat provides more details. Not everything that is critical of Pakistan's spiel on Kashmir is propaganda.

This is a good book to read for first person accounts and secret British reports on the violence in Punjab during partition.

There is no specific reason as to "why Punjab experienced more violence than [others]". It just did.

Not really an accurate portrayal. Aurangzeb did kill alot of Sikhs and one of their gurus if I'm not mistaken, however they rebelled against the Mughal Empire, what did they expect was going to happen. You rebel against a leader you die.

If you're interested, here's a book by Audrey Truschke about the controversies surrounding Aurangzeb Alamgir

> My point was that if two men loving each other causes no harm

Claims that gay parents are just as capable of raising children as straight parents are misrepresented. Source: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2657413

Between 24% and 90% of lesbians report being psychologically abused by their partners. Source: https://mainweb-v.musc.edu/vawprevention/lesbianrx/factsheet.shtml

Gay men are 60x more likely to have HIV than straight men. Source:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3462414/

46% of male homosexuals report being molested, as compared to only 7% of heterosexual men. Source:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11501300

Gays are more likely than straight people to have mental illness. Source:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2072932/

1/4 gay men in America have had over 1000 sex partners. Source:http://www.amazon.com/Homosexualities-Study-Diversity-Among-Women/dp/0671251503

43% of gay men have over 500 partners. Source:http://www.amazon.com/Homosexualities-Study-Diversity-Among-Women/dp/0671251503

Gay men are six times more likely to commit suicide than straight men. Source: http://www.amazon.com/Unequal-Opportunity-Disparities-Affecting-Bisexual/dp/0195301536

Gay men are 12x more likely to use amphetamines than straight men. Source: http://www.amazon.com/Unequal-Opportunity-Disparities-Affecting-Bisexual/dp/0195301536

Gay men are 10x more likely to use heroin than straight men. Source:http://www.amazon.com/Unequal-Opportunity-Disparities-Affecting-Bisexual/dp/0195301536

Arguments in favor of homosexuality are based on logical fallacies. Source: http://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id_clanak_jezik=19028&lang=en

10 to 15 percent of older homosexuals have more than 1000 sex partners. Source: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3813477

Gay people are 2-3x more likely to abuse alcohol than straight people. Source: http://www.amazon.com/Unequal-Opportunity-Disparities-Affecting-Bisexual/dp/0195301536

Up to 50% of lesbians have reported sexual abuse. Source:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9360290

79% of homosexual men say over half of their sex partners are strangers. Source: http://www.amazon.com/Unequal-Opportunity-Disparities-Affecting-Bisexual/dp/01953015369

9.8% of lesbian, gay and bisexual teens will change their sexual orientation within 13 years. Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26048483

Two-thirds of men and women who were homosexual change their orientation to heterosexual five years later. Source:http://psycnet.apa.org/books/11261/004

Two thirds of self-identified lesbians later have heterosexual relationships. Source: http://psycnet.apa.org/books/11261/004

Identifying as lesbian, gay or bisexual does not end sexual questioning or confusion. Source: http://psycnet.apa.org/books/11261/004

One in eight gay men in London has HIV. Source:http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/11/18/13-of-gay-and-bisexual-men-in-london-living-with-hiv/

Gay men are twice as likely as straight men to be in interracial relationships. Source: http://sf.oxfordjournals.org/content/93/4/1423

In Australia, 25% of homosexuals have had more than 100 sex partners. Source:http://takimag.com/article/the_straight_dope_on_homosexuality_elizabeth_mccaw/print

Gay men, who are 1.65% of the US population, account for 63% of the country’s syphilis cases. Source:http://takimag.com/article/the_straight_dope_on_homosexuality_elizabeth_mccaw/print

In 2010, homosexuals were about 200 times more likely than everyone else to be diagnosed with HIV. Source:http://takimag.com/article/the_straight_dope_on_homosexuality_elizabeth_mccaw/print

Gay men are 15 times more likely to have Hepatitis B than everyone else. Source:http://takimag.com/article/the_straight_dope_on_homosexuality_elizabeth_mccaw/print

Homosexuals are more to use illegal drugs and drink to excess than straight people. Source:http://takimag.com/article/the_straight_dope_on_homosexuality_elizabeth_mccaw/print

Homosexuals are more likely than straight people to have anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and to commit suicide. Source:http://takimag.com/article/the_straight_dope_on_homosexuality_elizabeth_mccaw/print

Gay men are 10-15 times more likely than straight men to have eating disorders. Source:http://takimag.com/article/the_straight_dope_on_homosexuality_elizabeth_mccaw/print

40% to 60% of serial killers are homosexuals. Source:http://takimag.com/article/the_straight_dope_on_homosexuality_elizabeth_mccaw/print

Homosexual men are more likely to have been abused by their partners than straight men. Source:http://takimag.com/article/the_straight_dope_on_homosexuality_elizabeth_mccaw/print

Monogamy is not a central feature of most homosexual relationships. Source:http://takimag.com/article/the_straight_dope_on_homosexuality_elizabeth_mccaw/print

Married homosexual men are 50% more likely than straight couples to divorce. Source:http://takimag.com/article/the_straight_dope_on_homosexuality_elizabeth_mccaw/print

In the Netherlands, the average homosexual in a “steady relationship” has seven to eight affairs per year. Source:http://takimag.com/article/the_straight_dope_on_homosexuality_elizabeth_mccaw/print

Over 20% of older homosexuals have had more than 500 different sex partners. Source: http://advindicate.com/articles/3022

The average gay man has several dozen sex partners per year. Source:http://advindicate.com/articles/3022

28% of homosexuals have had sex with over a thousand men. For straight men? Just 25% have had sex with more than 10 women. Source:http://advindicate.com/articles/3022

Most “long term relationships” between gay men last less than eight years. Source: http://advindicate.com/articles/3022

Among gay Canadian men in “committed relationships, only 25% were monogamous. Source: http://advindicate.com/articles/3022

In one study, only 9% of gay men were monogamous. Source:http://advindicate.com/articles/3022

75% of straight men an are faithful, compared to just 4.5% of gay men. Source: http://advindicate.com/articles/3022

In Berlin, 83% of gay men in “steady” relationships had had frequent affairs in the last year. Source: http://advindicate.com/articles/3022

Lesbians are 2.5x more likely than straight women to be obese. Source:http://takimag.com/article/the_straight_dope_on_homosexuality_elizabeth_mccaw/print

Lesbians are twice as likely as straight women to have eating disorders. Source:http://takimag.com/article/the_straight_dope_on_homosexuality_elizabeth_mccaw/print

Lesbians are twice as likely as straight women to be stalked or physically abused by their partners. Source:http://takimag.com/article/the_straight_dope_on_homosexuality_elizabeth_mccaw/print

Married lesbians are 2-3 times more likely to divorce than straight couples. Source:http://takimag.com/article/the_straight_dope_on_homosexuality_elizabeth_mccaw/print

Homosexuals, lesbians, and transsexuals are poorer than straight people. Source:http://takimag.com/article/the_straight_dope_on_homosexuality_elizabeth_mccaw/print

America has spent $700 million promoting gay rights abroad – an “integral” part of American foreign policy. Source:http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/21/world/africa/us-support-of-gay-rights-in-africa-may-have-done-more-harm-than-good.html?_r=0

>You disregard Indian sources, yet you use one to justify your point of view. Double standards much. Secondly guaranteeing the safety nearly 25 years after the fact does not absolve them from the act of deliberate targeting of Kashmiri Pandits.


Because you people will refuse to believe a source from anywhere else.

>It was the Hizbul. There is a book on Kashmiri Pandits and their exodus. I quote a passage from it
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>> On Jan, 04, 1990, a local Urdu newspaper, Aftab, published a press release issued by Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, asking all Pandits to leave the Valley immediately. Al Safa, another local daily repeated the warning.These warnings were followed by Kalashnikov-wielding masked Jehadis carrying out military-type marches openly. Reports of killing of Kashmiri Pandits continued to pour in. Bomb explosions and sporadic firing by militants became a daily occurrence.
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>Here is another one.
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>> The letter said, ‘We order you to leave Kashmir immediately, otherwise your children will be harmed- we are not scaring you but this land is only for Muslims, and is the land of Allah. Sikhs and Hindus cannot stay here’. The threatening note ended with a warning, ‘If you do not obey, we will start with your children. Kashmir Liberation, Zindabad.”

Yes im sure a book written by a former Indian army colonel is not biased.

Anyway, did they ever act on these threats? If they did send such a letter does that equate to terrorism?