In George Orwell’s chilling 1984, the totalitarian state of Oceania is in a state of perpetual war with either one of the two other, similarly fascist states called Eurasia and Eastasia. Oceania – and presumably the other two – would stoke patriotic fervour against whoever they were at war with at that time through massive rallies and official propaganda. But when the government in Oceania decides to stop fighting with Eurasia and ally with it against Eastasia, saying the war with the former is now over was not good enough. The official line wasn’t ‘We are not at war with Eurasia,” but “We were never at war with Eurasia!”As it so happened, the change in alliances took place while a state-sponsored anti-Eurasia rally was taking place. The devaluation of the rupee is going to bring inflation, but did not bring with it the increase in exports that were hoped for.

Source: Pakistan Today January 05, 2019 13:18 UTC