Some questions the Punjabi movement in Pakistan poses for the Left today. Issue 10
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Posts Tagged ‘ language ’
The Hamlets Hum in Punjabi
Punjab, Curriculum and Heroes
Dulla Bhatti and Rani of Jhansi are amongst our most dazzling heroes. Why, then, do we know nothing about them?
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Why Are Women Verbally Abused?
From "bhenchod" to "maachod", most cuss words are about women. What words are we, as women, then supposed to use?
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English/Urdu Bipolarity Syndrome in Pakistan
Pakistan's media conglomerates know what sells in what language.
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Paying for their Crimes
It is as if we—the marginalized communities of northern Pakistan—are made to stand in the dock for crimes the Pakistani state and its establishment have been committing. “Yes, but you have also girls as teachers at your school who mix with your male colleagues,” Moamber, a Talib, who was my former schoolmate, told me....
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