#English
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Books & Authors
Maharaja Dahir Sen – Resurgence of Sindh – Part-III
The English translation of a novel ‘Maharaja Dahir’ authored by Kolkata-based renowned novelist Debasree Chakraborti in Bengali language. The novel…
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Blogs
Linguistic imperialism and the survival of indigenous languages
The effects of linguistic imperialism have been devastating for many indigenous and regional languages Shoukat Lohar Linguistic imperialism is…
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Education and Language: A Functional Perspective with Special Reference to Urdu
It is an exceedingly harmful notion to think that the social playing field in Pakistan can be levelled by raising…
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Analysis
The Language of Instruction and the Narrative of Privilege
It is true that linguistic diversity in India and Pakistan distinguishes them from countries like Japan, China, South Korea, and…
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Literature
The Pain of Partition, as Seen in the Literature of Many Languages
[On 75th year of Partition of Subcontinent, the Wire’s reporters and contributors bring stories of the period, of the traumas…
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Interview
India: Educational institutions are turning language into tool of discrimination
To say that Hindi should be purged of the words of Urdu and regional languages is an asinine idea. By…
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Blogs
Your Child Deserves Better – A Letter to Parents – XII
Parents should stand up for good education otherwise things will get even worse with the Single National Curriculum which has…
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Your Child Deserves Better – A Letter to Parents – IX
Education should be concerned primarily with the welfare and mental growth of a child. A series of articles on education…
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Your Child Deserves Better – A Letter to Parents – VIII
Learning English in Pakistan comes at the cost of not only forgetting one’s home languages but actually cutting of all…
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Blogs
Language policy and medium of instruction in Pakistan –II
Language policy is considered source of influence and supremacy. It is also foundation of power of media, administration, commerce, education…
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