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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Lost Tajiks or the forgotten Dards of Pakistan?
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
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…
Revitalization of Torwali poetry and music
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.
More children around the world are being taught in English, often badly
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…
One reason for war: exploitative socio-semiotics
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.
International Mother Language Day: Has Pakistan learnt any lessons?
And, what is the point of speaking and writing about the International Mother Language Day when our languages continue to be disempowered today?
Ano ang subaltern linguistics?
Ano ang subaltern linguistics? Ahmar Mahboob University of Sydney Salin sa Filipino ni Louie Jon A. Sánchez Translated into Filipino by: Louie Jon A. Sánchez Ang subaltern linguistics ay isang uri ng lingguwistika na ginagawa ng isang…
Poster Boy – a poem
Poster Boy – a poem Ahmar Mahboob, University of Sydney I wrote this poem when I accepted who I had become over time: a Poster Boy. Playing the game of the colonizers, I had learned to climb up the ladder of “success”, as defined by the…
What is subaltern linguistics?
Subaltern linguistics is a linguistics carried out by and for a community’s self-empowerment, well-being, and prosperity. Subaltern linguistics can be carried out by anyone. And, it can be done in any language – it does not need to use or…
Modern linguistics is “non-sensical”?
Modern linguistics is “non-sensical”? Ahmar Mahboob University of Sydney, Australia This essay responds to the broad question: Why is it that a study of hard or applied sciences (e.g. physics, chemistry, biology, medicine) is more…
