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#GuruNanakJayanti
Much to doubt if Guru was born in Kattak not Baisakh.
But for me Q of date is trivial —crucial are teachings.
I'd like to dedicate today's celebrations to community, which has best preserved served Nanakpanth despite all the displacement disparagement: #Sindhis!
Much to doubt if Guru was born in Kattak not Baisakh.
But for me Q of date is trivial —crucial are teachings.
I'd like to dedicate today's celebrations to community, which has best preserved served Nanakpanth despite all the displacement disparagement: #Sindhis!
These pictures sent to me are from the private collection of reputed European ethnographer.
This is how Sindhis, one of the most prosperous and earliest merchant immigrants out of India, still practice their faith to the day.
Above L of Guru Nanak, you see murti of Radha-Krishna.
This is how Sindhis, one of the most prosperous and earliest merchant immigrants out of India, still practice their faith to the day.
Above L of Guru Nanak, you see murti of Radha-Krishna.
Don't ask me for location of GuruMandir/Dharmsaal (that's how Sikh spiritual centers were called until early 20th century)
Faced with disruptions/threats by Jattwadis of Bhindranwale, Sindhis practice syncretic Nanakpanthi tradition far from attention/promotion, almost in hiding.
Faced with disruptions/threats by Jattwadis of Bhindranwale, Sindhis practice syncretic Nanakpanthi tradition far from attention/promotion, almost in hiding.
#Sindhis and other oppressed people will be walking 424 kilometers in #Canada
Long Walk to highlight issues of Enforced Disappearances and Forced Conversions in #Pakistan.
Long Walk to highlight issues of Enforced Disappearances and Forced Conversions in #Pakistan.
The Sindhi Foundation based in Washington DC, has announced the second Long Walk in Canada after the successful walk in the United States in April 2021.
The object of the Long Walk is to raise awareness about “Human Rights, Climate Change and environmental justice” in Sindh and around the world.
RT @sayzaidi Single National Curriculum across #Pakistan . Is it possible to implement the new curriculum at once? What will be possible outcome? with @mughalbha
#SNC #Education #Literacy #AikNisab #ایک_نصاب #Sectarianism
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#SNC #Education #Literacy #AikNisab #ایک_نصاب #Sectarianism
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پاکستان میں مجوزہ یکساں نصاب تعلیم کے نفاز پر کیا خدشات و تحفظات ہیں ۔ میری ناقص رائے ملاحظہ فرمائیں ۔ شکریہ عمار یاسر صاحب @sayzaidi
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#ایک_نصاب #AikNisab #SNC #فرقہ_واریت #مسلک_بازی #مذہبی_انتہاپسندی #شدت_پسندی #اقلیتیں
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مکمل :
#ایک_نصاب #AikNisab #SNC #فرقہ_واریت #مسلک_بازی #مذہبی_انتہاپسندی #شدت_پسندی #اقلیتیں
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اردو زبان کے زریعے پاکستان میں پھیلی ہوئ واہی تباہی لسانی نفرتیں ، مغالطے و مفروضوں کی خلیج کو پاٹا جاسکتا ہے تاکہ لوگوں کو علم ہو کہ پاکستان کا ثقافتی و تہذیبی ورثہ کیا ہے ؟
مکمل :
#EthnicSlurs #HateSpeech #Folkore #Sufis #Urdu
مکمل :
#EthnicSlurs #HateSpeech #Folkore #Sufis #Urdu
1. Next 21 tweets on #Sikh tradition's relationship with different languages & scripts in Indic core & extended MidEast/Mongol/Tibet/E.Asian family.
What were the cultural undercurrents of the first Sikh movement towards Indicization?
What derailed this?
What about the future?
What were the cultural undercurrents of the first Sikh movement towards Indicization?
What derailed this?
What about the future?
2. #Sikh Guru Angad ji pioneered the re-introduction of Indic script in Punjab. Rolled back imposition of modified-Arabic script.
#Gurmukhi is derived from Sharada script of #Kashmiri Hindus. Related to far flung Tocharian script. Is only surviving member of that script-family.
#Gurmukhi is derived from Sharada script of #Kashmiri Hindus. Related to far flung Tocharian script. Is only surviving member of that script-family.
3. #Sindhis, Hindus from #NWFP & Hinglaaj (present-day #Balochistan), + today's #Kashmiri Hindus' Indic scripts have lost currency. Most now use modified-Arabic script.
These groups should consider adopting #Gurmukhi as script for their languages as they reclaim their identity.
These groups should consider adopting #Gurmukhi as script for their languages as they reclaim their identity.
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India is the second-most populous country, the seventh-largest country by area & the most populous democracy in the world.
Here people of various religions, faiths & cultures live together. Today I'll write about one such community - #Sindhis.
India is the second-most populous country, the seventh-largest country by area & the most populous democracy in the world.
Here people of various religions, faiths & cultures live together. Today I'll write about one such community - #Sindhis.
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SINDHIS
#Sindhis are a group of socio-ethnic people originating from Sindh, a province in the western part of pre-independent India.
During the Partition of 1947, the entire province of Sindh became part of present day Pakistan.
SINDHIS
#Sindhis are a group of socio-ethnic people originating from Sindh, a province in the western part of pre-independent India.
During the Partition of 1947, the entire province of Sindh became part of present day Pakistan.
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The History
The word #Sindh is derived from the Sanskrit word 'Sindhu' which is a river that crosses both India and Pakistan.
The state got its name because of its proximity to the river Sindhu.
The History
The word #Sindh is derived from the Sanskrit word 'Sindhu' which is a river that crosses both India and Pakistan.
The state got its name because of its proximity to the river Sindhu.
