Reading 'I am Malala'
'I am Malala' was a nice read. I liked the part of the book where I got to learn a lot about history of Pakistan and Swat region to be specific. The history of Islamization of Swat was a bit painful for me. "FIRST THE TALIBAN took our music, then our Buddhas, then our history." It seemed like Taliban (meaning religious students!) did same in Swat what ISIS did or are doing in Syria. The only difference is that what happened in Swat is buried under the history and acts of ISIS are known to all. Actually this destruction started long ago in Mecca where statues of more than 350 gods were destroyed to establish one religion and the idea of one god. Many Indians blamed that Pak government is behind Taliban and this time it came from a Pakistani. Money that came to Pakistan in the name of 'War against terrorism' cost Pakistanis a lot. Only some high class official became rich and the rest had to take drone attack and every bad thing they could imagin...