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Kahaan chalay Mehar!
Itna dukh de jaoge kya
[In this sad night of darkness
For where did you put on your harness
Will you now stand by no longer
Will you leave us with so much distress]
Fahmida Riaz,
Nauha Major Ishaq ke Intiqal Par [Dirge On the Death of Major Ishaq]
Major Ishaq Muhammad was born on April 4, 1921, a hundred years ago today, in a village, Akhara, located 16-17 miles from Jalandhar. As I write this piece remembering the revolutionary founder of the Mazdoor Kisan Party, the ongoing farmers’ protests in neighbouring India have entered their seventh month. And various peasant organisations in Pakistan are planning a ‘tractor march’ to the federal and Punjab capitals if their demands for the support price of wheat, reduced power tariffs for tube-wells and fertiliser rates are not accepted. Later this month, April 17 will also mark the International Day of Peasant Struggle.
Teaching gender studies at local universities can aid in advancing Pakistani feminist discourse
The fourth annual Aurat March, followed by an ever-growing digital debate in Pakistan, with many grassroots groups entering mainstream political exchanges, has shown that Pakistan can no longer ignore feminism.
Many misconceptions and much of the paranoia about feminism and gender studies in Pakistan stem from a lack of knowledge. It is almost as if an entire generation has found itself spelling words it does not understand, courtesy of the accessibility of social media platforms. The superficiality and absurdity of arguments against gender equality are enough to indicate the need for disciplinary intervention.