Although still relevant to certain extent in terms of understanding narcissism of the cultural variety but this book is more relevant had I read it in 2008-2014 timeframe. In Pakistani context, I think our narcissism is on a relative decline due to the events of the past 10 years both locally and internationally however, a prime example these days of the same type of narcissism is now emerging in the neighbouring india with the rise of hindutva politics and the successes of the past few years. The biggest problem with this narcissism is that nations forget to learn from their mistakes and keep on repeating them