The aim of this magazine is to connect the communities of Hindu Kush, Himalaya, Karakorum and Pamir by providing them a common accessible platform for production and dissemination of knowledge.
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Somewhere in a Remote Wilderness: English Version of the Rahim Sabir’s Torwali song
Somewhere in a remote wilderness we would discover a hermitage With your crimson lips you would whisper sweetnesses I would gather splinters you would kindle the fire My hands would go numb you would wipe my fingers This moment could…
The Witch and the Wise man: A Torwali folk tale (امِنی امن)
Torwali is an indigenous language spoken in the Bahrain and Chail valleys in the upper reaches of the Swat Valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. With fewer than 150,000 native speakers, the Torwali language is considered endangered. Speakers of the…
Yacholo/Phuthh: A spirit of plenitude and power
Yacholo/Phuthh is a hairy creature, but his hair is not deemed as a dirty part of the body. In fact, they are considered as a key to wealth. Whoever posses a bundle of Yacholo/Phuthh’s hair he or she becomes rich.
Short profile of Zubair Torwali
Zubair Torwali is the co-founder and executive director at IBT, a nonprofit advocacy and research organization in Swat Pakistan. He attended the University of Peshawar, Peshawar and studied English literature and language and then joined a…
Jardhang’aaylo: A Mythical Creature of Gilgit-Baltistan
Jardhang’aaylo: A Mythical Creature of Gilgit-Baltistan By: Aziz Ali Dad In addition to other dimensions of life, the indigenous cosmology of Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral grapples with the mystery of death as well. It is this attempt to…
Even conversion does not remove the Kafir stigma for the Kalash
July 12, 2023 Zubair Torwali Society & Culture Zubair Torwali Zubair is a writer and activist for the rights of all the marginalised linguistic communities of north Pakistan. He is the founder of the civil society organisation Idara…
Meherban Shah: The Unsung Hero
Meherban Shah: The Unsung Hero During my teenage years I very well remember the time when I first visited Shimshal village in Hunza. It was a rainy afternoon when we left for the dangerous Shimshal road in an orange jeep. We had to get off…
The urgency of having a sustainable tourism industry in Gilgit Baltistan
Who does not like chocolates? One would be considered a lucky person if they get a free chocolate bar every day for the rest of their life. They would be even luckier if the number of chocolate bars is increased to two per day. Even three…
Youdhaini and the Supernatural Delirium: Series in the mythical creature of Gilgit-Baltistan.
Youdhaini and the Supernatural Delirium: Series in the mythical creature of Gilgit-Baltistan. By: Aziz Ali Dad The domain of mystical moments provides peeps into the processes where divine delirium drives them into ecstatic states. It is…
Book Review: And Death Walks with Them: Above Eight Thousand Metres with Pakistani Porters from…
Book Review: And Death Walks with Them: Above Eight Thousand Metres with Pakistani Porters from Shimshal by Christiane Fladt Christiane Fladlt who first came to Pakistan in 2002 writes exclusively about High Altitude Porters (HAPs) of…
