New Book: Poetry of Muddassar Abbas in market now. Distributor Readings, Lhore

 

New Book: Poetry of

Muddassar Abbas in market now

Distributor Readings, Lhore

Click here & order

https://www.readings.com.pk/pages/BookDetails.aspx?BookID=1278131

Some extracts

About the Author 

Credits

Relevance of Punjabi Poet Waris Shah (Discussion with Professor Zubair Ahmad & Dr Imdad Hussain)

 

Relevance of Punjabi Poet Waris Shah

(Discussion with Professor Zubair Ahmad & Dr Imdad Husain) 

Waris Shah was born around 1722 & died in 1798 in the Punjab۔ It was post Mughal times and like many, the Punjab was testing its freedoms in many ways. Misals as well as Sah Hakman e Punjab & Ranjit Singh were on political side while on cultural cum people front Buleh Shah, Waris Shah, Shah Muhammad etc were there.

Program was recorded at MastFM103, Lhore studios at 25th September 2020.

Guests: Dr Imdad Hussain,  FCC University School of Public Policy,  & Professor Zubair Ahmad taught English literature. 

A video clip of Professor Zubair Ahmad , author critic 

https://www.facebook.com/aamirr/videos/10158015822344032

Another video clip of the program 

https://www.facebook.com/aamirr/videos/10158014842484032

A video clip of Dr Imdad Hussain from FCC University

https://www.facebook.com/aamirr/videos/10158014901544032

Listen complete show at 

https://voca.ro/124uPA9Bsx9A

 

Human Rights & Equal Citizenship Rights? What are the hindrances? (Common Talk in Lok Lhar Show)

 

Human Rights & Equal Citizenship Rights?

What are the hindrances?

 (Common Talk in Lok Lhar)

What our constitution said about Equal Citizen Rights? Is there any discrimination in it or there are some contradictions or thanks to Brahminical cum colonial mindset we are not ready to accept equal citizen rights? We did a program at 7th October 2020 on this important issue in which Marya Kokab and Ahmar Shahzad shared their views. Marya has a Master degree in Gender Studies from Punjab University while Ahmar works with Faces Pakistan and has a 30 year experience of working with numerous NGOs including Caritas. 

A video clip of Marya Kokab 

 Click, watch and listen what Marya said in this clip

   

To listen complete Radio Show , please click the link below

https://voca.ro/14m9wNxN9Rln

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Our misleading Language narratives, Question of Punjabi, Inclusivity & Connectivity in current times (Program with Shaqufta Gimmi)

 

Our misleading Language narratives, Question of Punjabi,

Inclusivity & Connectivity in current times (Program with Shaqufta Gimmi)

It is high time to revisit our language narrative as well as to deconstruct our nation building concepts. It is not limited to State or the government but there is a need for supporters & workers linked with language movements that they too revisit their struggles and narratives. 

Is there anything exists like civilized or uncivilized language?

are we a federal State or centralist cum unitary State?

To love with a language is important but is it essential to blame other languages or use hate speech? 

Languages, unlike nationalisms or religions always bank on new words so we always witness an exchange that is oxygen for every language but nationalists often use languages as power tool. 

Why mother tongue is essential in primary education?

Language is not merely a tool of education or communication but it is a resource of cultural history.

To use a language as medium of instruction or adopt it at State level, is a political question. 

Linking languages with religions was a colonial twist and they played not only with languages, scripts but also with dialects.  It altogether badly damaged our language debate. 

Watch,listen and rethink

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkKpoCRsSpY&t=61s&fbclid=IwAR3OyzYOP1BQZqHybJvMFUJaKkESFRwtpQ9K36TwzMj1hcUEARvuICWxbvE

Further links

Will Uniform Curriculum Solve the riddles of Pakistani Education: Watch the debate 

https://punjabpunch.blogspot.com/2020/09/will-uniform-curriculum-solve-riddles.html

Roots of our bad language narrative

From Colonial times till today

https://punjabpunch.blogspot.com/2017/03/roots-of-our-bad-language-narrative.html