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Seminar to mark Mother Tongue Day on 21st
By Aftab Ahmad
PESHAWAR: The Gandhara Hindko Board, a literary, cultural and social welfare organization, will hold a seminar on Tuesday (February 21) at 3 pm here in the Archives Hall to mark the International Mother Tongue Day.
To be organized in collaboration with the Frontier Languages Institute, representatives from different languages spoken in NWFP, including members of the provincial assembly will express their views on the cultural and social development of their peoples. Papers will also be read out on the occasion.
The participants and organizers will also hold a walk to highlight the importance of the day.
It is worth mentioning here that the NWFP is a multilingual and multicultural province which is home to 24 languages. The Gandhara Hindko Board is an active body that has been working for the preservation and promotion of Hindko which is the second main language of the province.
The board has to its credit 15 Hindko books on different genres of the Hindko literature, including a voluminous Hindko dictionary. It has a broad-minded approach to promotion of Hindko language by stressing respect for and due attention to all the languages and cultures native to Gandhara – NWFP.
With current membership standing at 462, the board has an outreach to all the areas where Hindko language is spoken – Peshawar, Hazara, Kohat, Nowshera (NWFP), Potohar (Northern Punjab) and Azad Kashmir.
The board has already launched a Hindko literary magazine “Hindkowan” in year 2004 for wider dissemination of the work being done for the Hindko language and Hindkowan culture. The Hindko journal has produced and promoted a new breed of Hindko writers, apart from digging out and brining into fine print the literary masterpieces by the classic Hindko poets.
The work on the versified Hindko translation of the Holy Quran is in final shape. The organization has also produced a Hindko audio cassette containing 10 folk songs.
The board has revived the tradition of open-air Hindko mushairas (poetry reading session) which used to be common feature of the Walled City of Peshawar in the early part of the 20th century.
By Aftab Ahmad
PESHAWAR: The Gandhara Hindko Board, a literary, cultural and social welfare organization, will hold a seminar on Tuesday (February 21) at 3 pm here in the Archives Hall to mark the International Mother Tongue Day.
To be organized in collaboration with the Frontier Languages Institute, representatives from different languages spoken in NWFP, including members of the provincial assembly will express their views on the cultural and social development of their peoples. Papers will also be read out on the occasion.
The participants and organizers will also hold a walk to highlight the importance of the day.
It is worth mentioning here that the NWFP is a multilingual and multicultural province which is home to 24 languages. The Gandhara Hindko Board is an active body that has been working for the preservation and promotion of Hindko which is the second main language of the province.
The board has to its credit 15 Hindko books on different genres of the Hindko literature, including a voluminous Hindko dictionary. It has a broad-minded approach to promotion of Hindko language by stressing respect for and due attention to all the languages and cultures native to Gandhara – NWFP.
With current membership standing at 462, the board has an outreach to all the areas where Hindko language is spoken – Peshawar, Hazara, Kohat, Nowshera (NWFP), Potohar (Northern Punjab) and Azad Kashmir.
The board has already launched a Hindko literary magazine “Hindkowan” in year 2004 for wider dissemination of the work being done for the Hindko language and Hindkowan culture. The Hindko journal has produced and promoted a new breed of Hindko writers, apart from digging out and brining into fine print the literary masterpieces by the classic Hindko poets.
The work on the versified Hindko translation of the Holy Quran is in final shape. The organization has also produced a Hindko audio cassette containing 10 folk songs.
The board has revived the tradition of open-air Hindko mushairas (poetry reading session) which used to be common feature of the Walled City of Peshawar in the early part of the 20th century.
