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A line[Durrand line] of hatred that raised a wall between the two brothers -Hamid Karzai
For generations, the Hindus of India prayed for deliverance from "the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger and the vengeance of the Afghan."
The men of Kábul and Khilj also went home; and whenever they were questioned about the Musulmáns of the Kohistán (the mountains), and how matters stood there, they said, "Don't call it Kohistán, but Afghánistán; for there is nothing there but Afgháns and disturbances." Thus it is clear that for this reason the people of the country call their home in their own language Afghánistán, and themselves Afgháns. The people of India call them Patán; but the reason for this is not known. But it occurs to me, that when, under the rule of Muhammadan sovereigns, Musulmáns first came to the city of Patná, and dwelt there, the people of India (for that reason) called them Patáns—but God knows!
-Ferishta, 1560–1620 -
Just 30 pages..I will enjoy it
"O Pakhtuns!, Your house has fallen into ruin, let us rebuild it".
"I want to see my people educated and enlightened. A people with a vision and a strong sense of justice, who can carve out a future for themselves in harmony with nature". -
I haven't read it yet, but I'd more than love to and am looking forward to reading it, in fact.
But I'm interested in what everyone else's answers for why Pashtuns should be studied are. My research in ethnography has led to me to an extreme fascination and passion for Pashtun studies as well, and I'll be devoting parts of my future studies to research on my Pashtuns and from different angles, ka khairee. I have tons of ideas for this, and I can only hope that I'll be able to put them into action during my lifetime. If not myself, I do hope that, once I expose my ideas to the public, they will encourage others to implement them.
Especially because of recent phenomena, Pashtuns deserve more attention than ever before. For me personally, what is most striking is our concept of honor, and I hope that sooner or later, we'll see more research done on us and on our culture. Plus, since Pashtunwali is something that's passed down from generation to generation and hasn't historically been recorded anywhere, anyone can say anything and call it Pashtunwali -- or then there are still questions of what exactly Pashtunwali means. Oftentimes, those who study it are very biased against it and refuse to provide a more complete image of it. What I've seen so far is that almost ALL research done on us is by males; a very low number of female scholars have indulged themselves on studies on us, and a couple of them are Pashtuns, thankfully, but it seems that unless the researchers ARE Pashtuns, they don't know Pashto (there are a couple of exceptions). Obviously, this will pose many challenges both for the researchers as well for those involved in the study because you can't make conclusions about a people without studying both its women and its men to a great extent. BUT! Pukhtun women are almost unlikely to talk to men or at least to have discussions with them about themselves. So, those researchers who don't know Pukhto are forced to have interpreters, and those interpreters are most likely males. This means that we cannot (or a least I wouldn't) trust the results of the study because what the female participants of the study said was INTERPRETED by someone else -- this is problematic in that the participants are less likely to speak the truth then.
Studies are most successful if they're done with anonymous participants, or if the participants are well assured that their names or any other information about them will not be revealed. But how do you this about a people when you don't know their language or when you have to use interpreters?
So I strongly urge Pashtuns to get involved like this. Every single group of people is important, and Pashtuns are no exception.Comment
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