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What’s in a name? A brief look into place-names of the...
Unknown (or often untold) stories live on in the names of villages and towns in the Pahar region of Jammu & Kashmir. Variably known...
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Reclaiming AJK For Her People [Video Segment]
EXCERPT from "The Evolution of AJK Public Agency"
"Before arriving here, I can confidently assert that I was neither a patriot, nor a nationalist or...
Reclaiming Azad Jammu Kashmir For Her People
The Evolution of AJK Public Agency
Citizen’s Opinion + Citizen’s Resources
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Citizen’s Control of Public Policy
The most important aspect of modern-day governance is a consensus...
Mangla’s Waters
And here lived, beneath the receding waters of Mangla, my people, once upon a time.
As her waters recede, and the green grass...
IDENTITY CONUNDRUM
You don’t have to disown your people to “get ahead” in life
A message to the British-Pahari Youth of Azad Jammu Kashmir
Why do some of us lose our tongues in the face of social and political injustice?...
Nation state fictions: Imagining the Past
A lot of us confuse our 'countries', and the technical term for what I'm describing is 'nation states', with ideas of historical continuity. We...
The Lonely Journeyman
The needle has struck, the hour has come,
and the open road unwinds.
With a heavy heart,
I place my soul’s keeping
into nature’s lair for the journey...
Our “Nawabs” of Britain
My Lords, “Rajas” and “Chaudhrys”
How you tire in your claims?
Born to “nobles” “lineages” high
your's is ‘nobility’ supremely entrenched!
Of past glories, “Jaghirs”,
of providence unchecked
You accept...
Understanding Cultures and Identities
This article should be read in conjunction with the article 'what exactly is cultural heritage?'
What are ‘cultural spheres’?
The term ‘cultural sphere‘ can be used...
British-Paharis and Understanding Our Actual Background
Background Facts on "Azad" Jammu & Kashmir
Aside from popular conventions in how we would transliterate words from one language into another, no corresponding practise...
‘Hill Speak’ by Zaffar Kunial
There is no dictionary for my father’s language.
His dialect, for a start, is difficult to name.
Even this taxi driver, who talks it,...
RACE MYTHS
The ‘immigrant’ blame game
Over the past century, many 'Britons' for want of a better term have had a fraught relationship with ethnic minorities. This is not a...
“Race” fallacy and social relationships
Steven Garner, author of "Racism, an Introduction" said,
"'Race' is a fiction that we turn into a social reality every day of our lives. It...
A Letter to the “Race Puritans” of Great Britain
Dear Race Puritans
I was born and raised in England. I know of no ‘culture’ except the one I live and breath. Its seed may...
