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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Pashtuns and Gandhara: on Pashtun-Afghan ethnogenesis
It would be interesting to understand the mechanism of how the Pashto language made inroads into the Gandhara region which has been historically known as being a non-Pashto area. Gandhara comprised of the Kabul River valley, Peshawar Valley…
Kartakhsha in Baltistan
Last week, we travelled extensively in the valley of Kharmang. The visit was full of experiences as we travelled to the remotest parts of the district. The features and landscape change as you travel deep into the valley. We started from…
Exoticising and at the same time ignoring the Kalasha
The mountainous communities of Pakistan who inhabit the valleys of Karakoram, Hindu Kush and Himalaya are on the margins, ignored and side-lined; dependent on external centres of power for knowledge that define and decide their identities,…
The unmaking of paradise: Literacy as Trojan Horse-II
The unmaking of paradise: Literacy as Trojan Horse-II by: Prof Nomad Our valley changes with seasons. Each as beautiful as the other. The dynamics of landscape, of life, of beliefs keeps shifting and changing – each image a perfection in…
Language variegation across the Pamir-Hindukush-Karakoram – perceptions and mobilities
Language variegation across the Pamir-Hindukush-Karakoram – perceptions and mobilities Introduction The Pamirian mountainous interface between South and Central Asia is characterised by a huge variegation of languages belonging to…
The unmaking of paradise: literacy as Trojan Horse-I
Boli symbolised our relationships with others. Boli varied when one related with different people, beings, and non-living things; relationship to living things and relationship to places/locations
Oral history of Kalam: The fight between Wali of Swat and the people of Kalam
Oral history of Kalam: Part II Interviewee: Malik Namroz Khan, Yajgal, Kalam Translation: Muhammad Zaman Sagar The Khan of Jare had occupied Gabral. Some other Khans occupied Laikot, Pishmal and Asret. After occupying that places the Khans…
The Buddhist Heritage of Chitral
The Buddhist history of Chitral was long forgotten before the esteemed archaeologist and well known orientalist Sir Aurel Stein paid several visits to the valley in the early 1900s and uncovered this hidden story.
Lumping ethnic identities of the indigenous communities
In his research article , ‘Fence of Peristan – The Islamization of the “Kafirs” and Their Domestication’, published in 2016 in the Italian scientific journal "Archivio per l'Antropologia e la Enologia " Alberto Cacopardo suggests ‘Peristan’…
On Graveyards in Dardistan
On Graveyards in Dardistan By Uwe Topper Introductory Note The following account of special art and traditions conserved at graveyards of the Indus-Kohistan region had been written to be published in ‘Aspects of Tribal Life in South Asia,…
