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January 2022

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Fencing Across the Fence: Protecting Punjabi

Amrita Pritam, the famous poet who fled Pakistan after the partition of 1947, writes in her famous poem ‘Ajj Aakhaan Waris Shaah Nu ’ – “Lost is the flute, which once, blew sounds of the heartRanjha’s brothers, today, no longer know this art…” On the eve of the partition of the Read more…

By The Language Rights Blog, 1 year1 year ago
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When the Tongue is Tied: Bengali Linguistic Self-Determination

“Birth is painful! They say, when a mother gives birth to a child, she undergoes through a pain equivalent to fracturing 20 bones altogether. Imagine the birth of a Nation – imagine the birth of Bangladesh. Imagine its pain” – Abhi Sanghani December 2021, marks half a century of the bloody Read more…

By The Language Rights Blog, 1 year1 year ago
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