Spending leisure in an art, lost both in Europe and
Asia. There was a time when Pakistani knew how to spend their leisure time. I
went to Kashmir some years ago, and saw beautiful wood carvings, carpets,
woollen clothes, paper match, furniture and toys. I was told that all these
were made by local workmen n winter, when snow lay all around, and there were
long days of enforced leisure, The Kashmiri knows that the correct way of
;pending leisure is acquiring culture, making and contemplating beautiful
things. The Punjab peasant, also, has many months of enforced leisure —
how does he spend them?
In laziness, litigation and crime. One reason why
Pakistan has made no advancement in science is that ‘Pakistanis as people are
not prepared to take p scientific hobbies. Educated Pakistanis in moffusil
towns, where there is plenty of leisure or mental culture, employ themselves
only in ne way — playing bridge.