New provinces (Pakistan)
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How Pakistan Punjabified Lahnda and Urdufied Punjab
As Pakistan prepares to debate new provinces, X.T.M asks what Punjab is. He argues that colonial canals, Partition and the census folded Grierson’s Lahnda continuum into “Punjabi”, while the south…
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Open Thread: Zardari in (self-imposed exile). New Provinces to be made
Open Thread. X.T.M opens with a rumour that Zardari is in self-imposed exile, with Bilawal’s reported marriage as cover, and notes that Pakistan is apparently to hold a referendum on…
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Quick Thoughts-
A set of quick thoughts: Vajpayee’s death marks a gentler India giving way to Modi’s, India’s upper classes are Westernising, Pakistan needs a ‘Pakistan of the Provinces’ under Imran Khan,…
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The Siraiki question
Arguing the Siraiki language is the key question, the author sees Punjabi as a Hindawi pushback into the Lahnda-speaking West, notes Hindko and Siraiki as Lahnda remnants, and says a…
