“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…
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.
And, what is the point of speaking and writing about the International Mother Language Day when our languages continue to be disempowered today?
