A number of things have happened over the past years because of this refusal or inability to understand culture as a value in human life. Pakistan doesn’t know how to respond to challenges based on culture. Shall we curtail our freedom through police action to secure the country against Indian culture? Now Indian soft power irks Pakistan, although it does not disturb Central Asia and Africa where this ‘slow invasion’ is also proceeding apace. Somehow, the cultural invasion by America through cinema, TV and restaurants does not affect our spooks.Īmerica’s soft power has bothered many but no one curtails freedom as a weapon to thwart it. The intelligence agencies, fired by their perceptions of Indian danger, have always said what the article discussed. Naively, the article refers to France not encouraging the use of English words but it forgets France, when it recommends a ban on all TV and cinema plus DVD home projections of this ‘cultural invasion’. This silent invasion is taking place mainly through the opening of Pakistan to cheap Bollywood movies, Indian TV entertainment, DVDs and videos of Indian films and, most insidious of all, the home-screening of popular children’s programmes, especially cartoons, dubbed in Hindi.” It went on: “Raja’s choice of Hindi vocabulary… is symptomatic of a creeping cultural penetration of Pakistan by our eastern neighbour. The word ‘ vishvas’ was the missile that would do the trick. An article titled “ A silent invasion” appeared in The News (September 3) lamenting Indian culture’s invasion to destroy Pakistan’s ideology. Intellectually-challenged actor Shaan spent time making fun of the prime minister who used the Hindi word. By “ vishvas” he meant ‘trust’ he wanted the Court to trust his sincerity. Scandal: Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf recently told the Supreme Court: “ Mujh par vishvas karen”.
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