tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799144498932126167.post7022922686709973638..comments2024-02-26T07:02:01.185-05:00Comments on Freedom from the Forbidden: Literature on Pashtunwali, the Pashtun Society, and Honorqrratugaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16986383116815099640noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799144498932126167.post-4985143183769546952016-06-27T22:41:47.571-04:002016-06-27T22:41:47.571-04:00Really Great Effort Qrratugai.. You have summed up...Really Great Effort Qrratugai.. You have summed up almost everything about Pushtunwali. It was really helpful for me as currently I am working on my thesis on Understanding Pushtunwali in the light of Jameel Ahmad's novel The Wandering Falcon.<br />Plus I am surprised to know that You belong to the same Valley Swat, here I do live.<br />Keep it Up Mam.Yousafzai da Swathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11772198887758706165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799144498932126167.post-21857070561965126042016-06-27T22:41:28.577-04:002016-06-27T22:41:28.577-04:00Really Great Effort Qrratugai.. You have summed up...Really Great Effort Qrratugai.. You have summed up almost everything about Pushtunwali. It was really helpful for me as currently I am working on my thesis on Understanding Pushtunwali in the light of Jameel Ahmad's novel The Wandering Falcon.<br />Plus I am surprised to know that You belong to the same Valley Swat, here I do live.<br />Keep it Up Mam.Yousafzai da Swathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11772198887758706165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799144498932126167.post-87273140861437957292015-07-24T16:41:49.743-04:002015-07-24T16:41:49.743-04:00Qrratugai is simply inspiring! Let me laud her sin...Qrratugai is simply inspiring! Let me laud her sincere and unconditional support. I feel short of words when i mention her name. It is her extended help that inspired me to work on Pushtunwali. I dedicate my work to her dedicated efforts. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210102154593102395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799144498932126167.post-19531143106999143092012-08-09T12:39:02.128-04:002012-08-09T12:39:02.128-04:00The data we usually have on Pakhtuns is often very...The data we usually have on Pakhtuns is often very journalistic, reported mostly by people who are either ill informed OR are armchair experts. <br /><br />Your blog is informative, up-to-date, first-hand (the most important reason why this blog attracted my attention) and highlights issues that matter to me (at least). I hope you keep your good work up and bring more and more issues under Khan Lanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799144498932126167.post-41558459430093011662012-08-05T00:08:25.982-04:002012-08-05T00:08:25.982-04:00Khan La, thank you for your important insight! You...Khan La, thank you for your important insight! Your visit and opinion are much appreciated!qrratugaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16986383116815099640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799144498932126167.post-40178678457396000992012-08-04T19:51:16.348-04:002012-08-04T19:51:16.348-04:00Excellent blog.
Pakhtunwali as I know it, is not s...Excellent blog.<br />Pakhtunwali as I know it, is not specific to time, space and gender. We must look at it from a neutral perspective (very hard for an insider/native though), let we interpret it the way the local people does it, let our academic/ethnic/political/tribal affiliations do not overcome the actual/on-ground realities. It must not be samar minallah to call it good or bad rather it Khan lanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799144498932126167.post-72192790849623751072012-01-31T20:52:06.950-05:002012-01-31T20:52:06.950-05:00Thanks for your comments, guys! Sorry for the late...Thanks for your comments, guys! Sorry for the late response! I just saw these comments :)<br /><br />@ Mona: Absolutely. There should be different categories, and I'm thinking of at least three, when dealing with Pukhtunwali and Pukhtuns. They are: Pashtun in settled areas, tribal areas, and the diaspora. They all see and practice Pukhtunwali differently primarily because of their qrratugaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16986383116815099640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799144498932126167.post-13788611144018521022011-10-05T05:20:47.547-04:002011-10-05T05:20:47.547-04:00http://www.scribd.com/doc/67569029/BEING-PASHTUN-B...http://www.scribd.com/doc/67569029/BEING-PASHTUN-BEING-MUSLIM-CONCEPTS-OF-PERSON-AND-WAR-IN-AFGHANISTANAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799144498932126167.post-15061922085277717922011-10-02T05:16:33.167-04:002011-10-02T05:16:33.167-04:00Well....its a good biblio on women & Pashtunwa...Well....its a good biblio on women & Pashtunwali.<br />But in more broader sense I feel like every study of 'Pashtunwali' should start from the question how the indigenous(pakhtuns)interpret or categories?Do they call it pashtunwali or is it an external category.I feel like there must be a study which should trace that how n when for the first time Pashtunwali appeared in literature Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799144498932126167.post-19337637674626216982011-09-30T04:20:40.478-04:002011-09-30T04:20:40.478-04:00Sticking to my analysis of Pakistan pukhtuns the p...Sticking to my analysis of Pakistan pukhtuns the pukhtunwali code or as some of the earlier posted comments pointed out that they are woman centric but to a great extent things have changed for the pukhtuns settled in plain areas as compare to pukhtuns living in FATAmonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10150691597908951840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799144498932126167.post-3785495155972336092011-09-30T00:50:29.067-04:002011-09-30T00:50:29.067-04:00You are right, and though it doesn't look from...You are right, and though it doesn't look from my comment but I was not criticizing people for focusing only on women, it was more of comment in desperation that so few people have written on Pakhtunwali and amongst them most on one aspect of it. I just have this longing that more people write about different aspects. Thanks for explaining the re-interpretation of honor part. <br />hope you Topak_khannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799144498932126167.post-19942313866045089222011-09-29T03:56:15.865-04:002011-09-29T03:56:15.865-04:00Pa khair, Topak Khana!
Thank you for dropping by a...Pa khair, Topak Khana!<br />Thank you for dropping by and sharing your thought!<br /><br />Ahhh - what would you know! My critique is the same. That's what Pashtunwali is always reduced to, isn't it? Women and honor -- and that, too, honor is interpreted very negatively, such that it destroys the woman. <br /><br />But this is by no means all there is out there on Pashtunwali, and I'mqrratugaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16986383116815099640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799144498932126167.post-19762036869947154232011-09-29T03:42:43.481-04:002011-09-29T03:42:43.481-04:00All of it is about women, Pakhtunwali has more to ...All of it is about women, Pakhtunwali has more to it than just killing womenTopak_khannoreply@blogger.com