PART III: After the Maps Faded Read Part 1 and Part 2 The Collapse of the Old Maps High upon the hill, the Wise Houses continued their work. Meetings were held. Reports were written. Maps were updated. Corrections were carefully planned.…
PART II: When the Forest Began to Listen Read Part 1 and Part 3 The Meeting in the Valley The Wise Houses had declared that the Eastern Valleys would need to be corrected. And so the correction began. Messengers arrived carrying…
PART I : The Towers and Their Maps Read Part 2 and Part 3 The Wise Houses on the Hill On the tallest hill in all the Great Forest stood a cluster of houses, tall and magnificent. Their towers rose high. Their banners shone bright. And their…
Once scientists understood what causes epidemics, it became much easier to fight them. Vaccinations, antibiotics, improved hygiene, and a much better medical infrastructure have allowed humanity to gain the upper hand over its invisible…
In July 2019, four people of Ghizer district were abducted by a Kohistani tribal leader from a meadow in Hundarap valley in Gilgit-Baltistan. The valley borders with Kohistan district of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa. Later, a FIR was lodged against…
Lost Tajiks or the forgotten Dards of Pakistan? By Barmazid and Xazureh The subject of the history of Swat and areas of north-western Pakistan have rarely been given serious academic attention, in spite of representing a linguistically and…
Doing Subaltern Linguistics Prof Nomad Subaltern linguistics is work that empowers local ways of being, doing, and saying by encouraging and supporting local economies, practices, projects, and resources. This work can be done by anyone and…
In 2015 IBT undertook a Cultural Revitalization project wherein new songs were produced and sung in a modern way where the ‘modern’ and ‘traditional’ have a fusion.
The Economist's Print edition | International Feb 21st 2019| LAHORE AND LUCKNOW “Roly poly right, right, right. Roly poly left, left, left,” sings a class of five-year-olds at a government primary school on the outskirts of Lucknow, a city…
Many of our current wars – including wars against neighbours and wars against groups of people within the country - are one outcome of exploitative socio-semiotic practices.
