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Daily Times
August 4, 2021
The “matal” or proverb in Mataloona: Pukhtun Proverbs and Mizh: A Frontier Classic (Oxford University Press, 2020) that I find the most delightfully emblematic of the value of a book such as this, is “(don’t be like) the frog that climbed a clod and said he saw Kabul.” The saying not only captures the dynamic nature of the folk literary genre of the matal itself in its imagery, wisdom and humorous incongruity, but sheds light on the contradictory position of a tribal culture held together by tradition and isolationism but forced time and again to contend with outsiders and adversaries. As inward advice, it is a reminder to stay humble in seeking knowledge, as an outward saying, it implies that there is always much more than meets the eye, therefore, beware of hasty judgment. Regarded in the context of the geopolitical history of the region, this matal forces us to consider: is it better to invest in fortifying ourselves against the threat of con
The statue of the Princess of Wales was unveiled last week
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SIR – It was astonishing, but somehow not unexpected, to see such an unbecoming memorial to Princess Diana unveiled last week (report, July 2). It is positively Stalinist in its dreary greyness, its unsympathetic portrayal of its subject, and its consequent failure to capture a likeness or her ebullient character.
Much better would have been an even more extensive memorial planting of the Sunken Garden.
Marian Waters
SIR – Simon Heffer explores important issues in his lament over the poor quality of modern public statues (Features, July 3), perhaps most
clearly shown in the festival of tat inflicted on the “empty plinth” in Trafalgar Square.
Colonial intrusion and Pakhtun resistance
Opinion
April 9, 2021
The new gem from Akbar S Ahmed is a compiled and edited publication of two apparently unrelated, but subtly interlinked manuscripts: A set of Pakhtun proverbs (Mataloona) and a Resident Administrator’s monograph on British government relations with the Mahsud tribe of Waziristan (Mizh).
The disjuncture is at the level of form. Mataloona is a set of proverbs about the way life is for Pakhtuns. It has integrity of thought and action, a beauty in the universal significance of their idiom. By contrast, Mizh has the cold logic of colonial administration. It describes the repeated attempts at a stick and carrot approach to make the Mahsuds acquiesce to colonial power. Yet, at the same time, the report implies the futility of such attempts in the face of Pakhtun resistance.
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