Stories from Dr Tariq Rahman
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Mother language education
Researchers have discovered that children who are taught in their own language understand concepts better.
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What kind of change?
Does PTI have anything to offer regarding changing our India-centric policy, drone attacks and dealing with the army?
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The Pakistani Autumn
If one calls for revolution, one is in danger of overthrowing the system and what will replace it is anybody’s guess.
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The nature of evil
Is evil dispositional, genetic or is it something which circumstances and roles can create?
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Which road to take?
If Taliban take over in Afghanistan their influence will come to Pakistan, our society will become more Talibanised.
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Why not have two Eids in one country?
In my view, most of the time, Eid in KP used to be an expression of Pakhtun ethnic identity or sub-nationalism.
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How Urdu got associated with Muslims in India — Part II
By the 20th century, Urdu came to possess an impressive amount of Islamic literature including scholarly works.
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How Urdu got associated with Muslims in India? — I
Sanskritic words were removed from the Urdu language and Islamic cultural allusions and metaphors were put in place.
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The pros and cons of partitions
Partition of British India did not begin with a war, but perpetual conflict on Kashmir resulted in nuclear arsenals.
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The murder of linguistic history — III
Canon of Urdu-Hindi are based on assumption that languages from Khyber to Bengal are forms of Urdu and modern Hindi.