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The paradox of Pakistan

From Foreign Policy, when Pervez Musharraf falls, too, will American leaders finally wake up and see Pakistan for what it is, not for what they wish it to be? From New English Review, Theodore Dalrymple on the pleasures of assassination. Bhutto and the candidates: David Remnick on the American election and the paradox of Pakistan. From Asia Times, an interview with Hassan Abbas on Pakistan's political future; and an article on an identity crisis for India's eunuchs. From The Hindu, a review of The Phobic and the Erotic: The Politics of Sexualities in Contemporary India by Brinda Bose and Subhabrata Bhattacharyya. A review of Sex and the Family in Colonial India: The Making of Empire by Durba Ghosh.