Question of Punjabi, Misconceptions of Left in Pakistan & way forward (Punjabi Adbi Sangat)

 

Question of Punjabi, Misconceptions of Left in Pakistan about Punjabi & way forward

(Punjabi Adbi Sangat special session)

There are a lot of questions regarding The Language Narrative in South Asia in past & present. Even many prominent names failed to decnstruct the colonial as well as post colonial role well. Some pertinents question were raised yet it need many more sessions. 

Punjabi Adabi Sangat has organized a special session at 17 Feb 2023 in Punjabi Complex, Qadafi Stadium Lhore. The session was designed to celebrate International Mother Tingue Day (21 Feb).

Comrade Shaukat Ch, Ammar Ali Jan, Ilyas Ghumman & myself were included among the speakers. 

A youtbe chanel recorded it in 2 parts yet I am trying to get my complete speech. In Part 2 you can watch all 4 speakers 

Group photo by participents & speajers

Some pertinents questions regarding languages and politics 

1. What was the pre colonial situation regarding languages in South Asia?
2. What was the language policy of colonial masters?
3. In colonial statecraft what was the status of Languages, literature, law, media and Education?
4. Why Education & Information departments were under Interior Ministry till 1947?
5. How colonial masters played with Languages, Scripts & Dialects & divided it on the basis of religion?
6. Why left failed to address the Punjabi language question

Part 1 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVNDZGpzeZg

Part 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2Qd70YdTaY