“Who exposed them?” asks another one. Then another one. Then another one.
And they all want to hear one name in answer. So that they can awe for long and sleep for another decade.
Only those who never read history and had a short-term memory were inspired by this neo-exposition done indirectly for vested interests. They conveniently ignore that man in question still wants the lap to be offered, only lap is offended and old friends in uniform are retired. And new generals have new friends to serve them.
Anyway, let’s settle this one last time.
Hundreds and thousands of books exposed them.
Jaffrelot, Walsh, Talbot, and so many others exposed them.
Jinnah himself exposed them in his last days.
Jalib and Faiz exposed them with poetry and couplets.
Ayesha Siddiqua exposed them with numbers, data, and graphs.
Tariq Ali exposed them with historical events.
Asma Jahangir exposed them for years and was abused by the same lot.
Muhammad Hanif exposed them with fiction based on true events.
Cyril had exposed them with sarcasm every other week.
People like Absar, Toor, and Ayaz exposed them in their voices without fear.
Maulvi Tamizuddin exposed them long ago in the court of law.
The Students’ Unions that ended in fall of Ayub exposed them in East and West.
Fall of Dhaka exposed them.
Bhutto, Benazir, Nawaz, Fazlur Rehman, and others exposed them from time to time for vested interests.
Bacha Khan exposed them.
Manzoor Pashteen exposed them.
Hundreds of women from Balochistan exposed them.
Yet, you just want to hear one name.
And I feel very sorry for that. For you.
