Welcome to Pakistan Paigham, a fortnightly bulletin by Aishwaria Sonavane, the in-house Pakistan pundit at the Takshashila Institution. This newsletter is an invitation to diversify the Indian perspective on Pakistan - moving beyond cursory assessments to build a deeper, more nuanced scholarship.
Discourse on Pakistan is often confined to predictable parameters, influenced by outdated assumptions and oversimplified binaries. To challenge this, the newsletter seeks to explore the undercurrents shaping policymaking, interrogate dominant perceptions, and engage with Pakistan as a complex polity.
I’d love to hear from you - your nazariya, tauseef, aur tanqeedi tajziya - your perspectives, reflections, and sharp critiques.
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Aishwaria Sonavane is a Research Analyst for Pakistan Studies at the Takshashila Institution. Her work focuses on counter-militancy, security dynamics, foreign policy, the military-political nexus, and defense strategy