language
A fading khaki tapestry
The death of small languages in Pakistan represents the death of civilisations.
Manzoor Ali | Mar 17, 2015
These songs do not die
Could a region as varied as Southasia expect anything other than today's dizzying cornucopia of literary creations?
Namita Gokhale | May 01, 2011
Vernacular of our times
Recontextualising and Benchmarking the Participatory Discourse of the Service Delivery Stakeholder
Rahul Goswami | Sep 01, 2003
Singing the nation
Singing the concept of an akhand Bharat or of a Persianised sultanat or of a shonar Bangla when part of Bengal is- in India is unreal.
Nasreen Rehman | May 01, 2003
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