How Nationalism Threatens Nations
Modern nationalism propagates a paradox: it increasingly demands what citizens can do for the nation, while obfuscating the state’s fundamental duty to its citizens.
Ghulam Mohammad Khan is a writer and academic from Bandipora, Kashmir. He holds a PhD from the Central University of Haryana, India, where his research focused on narratology and the interplay of memory in postcolonial storytelling. Khan is the author of two books: Anecdote, History and Kashmir: And Other Essays (2025), a collection that interrogates dominant discourses through literary critique and counter-narratives, weaving Kashmir’s socio-political fabric into universal human struggles, and Elements of Literary Theory, an engaging introduction to key concepts and movements in theory and criticism. His short stories and essays have appeared in The Indian Literature, Indian Review, Out of Print, KITAAB, and Kashmir Lit, among others. Fascinated by the subversive potential of language, Khan’s writing bridges scholarly rigour and narrative intimacy, often challenging static conceptions of identity and power.
Modern nationalism propagates a paradox: it increasingly demands what citizens can do for the nation, while obfuscating the state’s fundamental duty to its citizens.
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