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Private school notification riles many

SAHIWAL: A cross section of society, especially prominent Punjabi language activists and literary organisations, have taken a dim view of a private school’s notification which dubs Punjabi a “foul language.........

The desertion of Punjabi

Recently a school campus in Sahiwal, Punjab issued a directive to the students to refrain from using foul language inside and outside the school. The note further clarified that “Foul language includes taunts, abuses, Punjabi and the hate speech.” ...

Bulleh Shah: Neither am I virtuous nor a sinner

Over the years we have seen a growing identity crisis in Pakistan. Small wonder – since the only Pakistani identity left to us, without it turning controversial, is our national anthem, which hardly anyone understands; saluting our national flag, on which the green symbolises Islam, .. ...

 

Language wars

IT is easy to get embroiled in controversies of which there never seems to be a shortage in Pakistan. The online world has ensured that any contentious bit of news or information can spread like wildfire. Recently, it was about a notice issued to students of a school in Sahiwal. ....

When future of Punjabi language was secured

The British systematically discouraged the use of Punjabi. In independent India, following reorganisation of Punjab, for the first time in history Punjabi became the official language and a compulsory subject for students......

The Sindhi language has a Baghdadi connection,

KARACHI: There is historical evidence about the prowess of the Sindhi language, as even when Sindh had been conquered by the Arabs, its language did not lose its potential to remain dominant in a society where powerful languages....

Why English?

A YOUNG mother recounted to me her harrowing experience of her daughter’s schooling in Lahore. The child was asked by her teacher to report on her classmates who spoke a language other than English in school ...

Celebrating Heer, in Punjab

The legend of Heer-Ranjha is believed to have played out in real life on the banks of the river Chenab, way back in the second half of the 15th century. This was the site that many poets chose to tell the tale of the lovers. ...

Malangi and Nizam Lohar, the Robin Hoods

The single lane disappeared deep into the darkness of the road. Shadows of the trees ran past as the headlight of the car illuminated them. There was a deep forest on both sides of the road.y...