Posted on April 9, 2010 by beenasarwar
Complete version of the tarana by the Lahore-based poet Jagan Nath Azad, who wrote this anthem, Pakistan’s first, reportedly at the request of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah (see ‘Bring back Jagganath Azad’s Pakistan anthem‘). Thanks to his son Chander K. Azad in Jammu for sending the complete naz’m (obtained and scanned from his sister Pramilla Taylor’s archives in the U.K.). I believe this is the first time since 1947 that it is being made public.
Jagan Nath Azad’s Pakistan ‘Tarana’ – courtesy his son Chandar K. Azad in Jammu and daughter Promilla Taylor in the UK. (Thanks to Tanveer Sheikh for the jpeg conversion)
Transliteration and translation follow, by people who are coincidentally both Lahoris too, like Azad Continue reading →
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Posted on April 3, 2010 by beenasarwar
Kathak dancer Babar with his Ustad Sheema's Ustad Mr Ghanshyam, and Iqbal Alavi of Irtiqa Institute for Social Sciences at the last day of Tlism. photo: beena sarwar
Karachi, March 27, 2010 – Personal Political column for Hardnews, India
Beena Sarwar
One thing is for sure. Life is never dull in Pakistan. Nawaz Sharif, leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) at the last minute backtracked from his support to the proposed 18th Amendment to the Constitution. Talk about bursting a bubble. Continue reading →
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Posted on April 3, 2010 by beenasarwar
Conversations 6 – published in Political Economy Aman ki Asha page, The News on Sunday, March 28, 2010
Mar 25 2010
Dear Beena,
Let’s talk a little bit more this week about the notion of a joint war memorial, before moving on to other wrangles. Continue reading →
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Posted on April 3, 2010 by beenasarwar
Teabreak brings together “all the popular blogs of Pakistan on one platform”. I am thrilled and honoured to be their Featured Blogger for March, and to have my work described thus: “The blogger that we choose to highlight this month upholds a very balanced approach on the socio-political issues of this country. Her role as a seasoned activist / journalist facilitates her blog readers to look things in a much broader perspective and that’s what makes this blog important in many ways.”
They also did an email interview which got me thinking about what I do and why I do it. Thanks Ammar and team.
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Journeys to democracy 