Pakistan got independence from British Raj on 1947, it is claimed. The British did left the subcontinent however their legacy remained. The entire socioeconomic and political fabric of society had changed as per the desires of colonial masters by virtue of their rule of around 200 years.
The education system, the judiciary, parliament, bureaucracy, military, financial system, central bank, rail road network, the municipal corporation etc. were all installed by the British and were left behind.
The public, who lived in such a system for nearly 200 years (of which last 80 years were crucial), had no choice but to cling to the same system particularly after the early years of separation. The colonial masters knew perhaps that the locals had no capacity to reinvent a new alternative system particularly in midst of economic and political turmoil... also the British intentionally left behind a few bones of contentions (Kashmir) to keep the newly formed states further distracted.
In this context one can safely assume that British only invented a new more efficient and self regulated way to manage their colonies by proxy, though in a very subtle way, or under the disguise of so called independence.
This was perhaps the birth of a new phase of colonization, where the colonial subjects would voluntarily follow their colonial masters just like the rats follow the tune of Pied Piper with an illusion of exercising their own free will.
This realization is important to shed away the ideological shackles and truly liberate ourselves from the colonial past. Deceiving ourselves with slogans of fake freedom would only keep us dragging behind...
Following video would shed some more light on the subject...
The education system, the judiciary, parliament, bureaucracy, military, financial system, central bank, rail road network, the municipal corporation etc. were all installed by the British and were left behind.
The public, who lived in such a system for nearly 200 years (of which last 80 years were crucial), had no choice but to cling to the same system particularly after the early years of separation. The colonial masters knew perhaps that the locals had no capacity to reinvent a new alternative system particularly in midst of economic and political turmoil... also the British intentionally left behind a few bones of contentions (Kashmir) to keep the newly formed states further distracted.
In this context one can safely assume that British only invented a new more efficient and self regulated way to manage their colonies by proxy, though in a very subtle way, or under the disguise of so called independence.
This was perhaps the birth of a new phase of colonization, where the colonial subjects would voluntarily follow their colonial masters just like the rats follow the tune of Pied Piper with an illusion of exercising their own free will.
This realization is important to shed away the ideological shackles and truly liberate ourselves from the colonial past. Deceiving ourselves with slogans of fake freedom would only keep us dragging behind...
Following video would shed some more light on the subject...
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