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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,…

Oral history Kalam—Part I Building of the historic mosque of Kalam Interviewee: Namroz Khan of Yajgal, Kalam Interviewer and translator: Muhammad Zaman Sagar Year: 1998 Kalam bazaar’s current famous historical mosque was built some seven to…

What can an alternative classificatory system and nomenclature for language look like?

Representatives of about 20 indigenous peoples of mountainous regions discuss challenges, opportunities, and strategies at the Conference of Indigenous Community in Bahrain Swat, Pakistan

All English – How about my Tongue? A child is born into lower and lower-middle class families where not all people know English language except two or three members. Despite this fact, the ones with no proficiency in English at all still…

“Some people just can’t seem to let go of colonization; they still continue to blame it for their living conditions even though they have had local governance for years.”

History of Sweets in Chitral The subcontinent has a long history of serving and offering sweets on different important occasions. It has been an erstwhile tradition of goodwill gesture to welcome visitor(s) with serving sweetener, and…

To free society from the clutches of draconian values and tribal mindset, it is indispensible to break the nexus of tribal chieftains, maliks, mullahs, mafia money and politicians.

Macaulay’s belief* that we “cannot at present be educated by means of mother-tongue”.

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…