Pakistan, Oct. 9 -- The world lives in a continuing state of deja vu. Look around yourself-western colonialism, ethnic subjugation, coloured reporting, hollow statements, and protests (while they continue to be trendy). But what is almost wholly amusing is how the current world stage has turned out to be a tawdry production of the 1998 Hollywood classic: The Truman Show.

The stage is set. The main protagonist is on the stage. He believes he knows, though all is controlled - movements gauged, reactions enticed, with only enough nominal, impotent hope to prevent the very fabric of society from descending into chaos.

There is a saying that goes, "suffering is personal," alluding to the idea that it is only joy, celebration, and victory tha...