Globalization, the ‘War on Terror’ and Human In/Security in South Asia

2007 ◽  
pp. 115-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giorgio Shani
Keyword(s):  
South Asia ◽  
War On Terror

PASHTUN IMAGES IN CONTEMPORARY PAKISTANI FICTION IN ENGLISH

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-22
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
South Asia ◽  
War On Terror ◽  
Cultural Discourses ◽  
The Times ◽  
The Cold War ◽  
Global Powers

Living in an area that has long been a battlefield where various world powers have often been at loggerheads, Pashtuns have frequently drawn the attention of several works of fiction. Yet literary scholars have largely ignored the importance of these works of fiction looking into the lives of Pashtuns. This paper proposes that from the times of the Cold War to those of the War on Terror, Pashtun identities have been clouded by the hegemonic discourses of the contesting global powers, leading to gaps and silences in their depiction in literature.This paper argues that the Pashtun images in contemporary Pakistani fiction in English exhibit strong influences of the dominating narratives; simultaneously, however, they seem to offer various patterns of subversion of the prevailing power narratives. Despite the fact that Pashtuns are generally regarded as the most subversive people of South Asia and that their lands have been regarded significant strategically as well as geographically, yet they are portrayed as the Others of the mainstream cultural discourses. This paper aims to highlight the contours of the socio-cultural and political valuation of Pashtuns in contemporary Pakistani fiction in English.

Outsourcing, Terror, and Transnational South Asia

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asha Nadkarni
Keyword(s):  
South Asia ◽  
South Asian ◽  
War On Terror ◽  
Racial Formation ◽  
Economic Discourse

In dialogue with the previous chapter, Nadkarni examines the ways in which South Asian subjectivity and racial formation lay bare the polemics of contemporary economic discourse (specifically with regard to outsourcing), present-day War on Terror racializations, and postcolonial/neo-colonial registers.

Pashtun Images in Contemporary Pakistani Fiction in English

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
South Asia ◽  
War On Terror ◽  
Cultural Discourses ◽  
The Times ◽  
The Cold War ◽  
Global Powers

Living in an area that has long been a battlefield where various world powers have often been at loggerheads, Pashtuns have frequently drawn the attention of several works of fiction. Yet literary scholars have largely ignored the importance of these works of fiction looking into the lives of Pashtuns. This paper proposes that from the times of the Cold War to those of the War on Terror, Pashtun identities have been clouded by the hegemonic discourses of the contesting global powers, leading to gaps and silences in their depiction in literature.This paper argues that the Pashtun images in contemporary Pakistani fiction in English exhibit strong influences of the dominating narratives; simultaneously, however, they seem to offer various patterns of subversion of the prevailing power narratives. Despite the fact that Pashtuns are generally regarded as the most subversive people of South Asia and that their lands have been regarded significant strategically as well as geographically, yet they are portrayed as the Others of the mainstream cultural discourses. This paper aims to highlight the contours of the socio-cultural and political valuation of Pashtuns in contemporary Pakistani fiction in English. Keywords: Pashtun Images, prevailing discourses, power narratives, contemporary Pakistani fiction in English, subversive.

Madrasa Reforms and Islamic Modernism in Bangladesh

2013 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 911-939 ◽  
Author(s):  
MASOODA BANO
Keyword(s):  
South Asia ◽  
War On Terror ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Western Modernity ◽  
Popular Appeal ◽  
Secular Schools ◽  
The Right ◽  
Islamic Modernism

AbstractThe old project of modernizing madrasas has acquired a new zeal in South Asia after September 2011, whereby madrasa reform programmes became an acknowledged soft tactic of the war on terror. With 9000 Aliya (reformed) madrasas, the Bangladesh madrasa modernization programme has been identified as a potentially useful model for the neighbouring states of Pakistan and India who have made slower progress in implementing similar programmes. In this paper I argue that, although the Aliya madrasa system in Bangladesh has succeeded in integrating secular subjects in the madrasa curriculum, in reality this modernization project has failed in its underlying ambition to generate a ‘modern discourse’ on Islam—a discourse that is compatible with the demands of western modernity. The right to speak for Islam is still primarily exercised by the ‘ulama and graduates of the Qoumi (unreformed) madrasas. Aliya madrasas today compete with the secular schools not with Qoumi madrasas. The growth of the Aliya madrasa system in Bangladesh, instead of bearing testimony to the popular appeal of the modernization agenda, demonstrates the preference of Muslim parents for increased Islamic content in the school curriculum

scholarly journals Aid and irritants in Pak-US relations in the wake of 9/11 incident

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 266-278
Author(s):  
Shahid Yaqoob ◽  
Noman Sattar
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
South Asia ◽  
War On Terror ◽  
Strategic Partner ◽  
National Interests ◽  
Military Regimes ◽  
The Us ◽  
Convergence And Divergence ◽  
State Relations ◽  
The Impact

This paper analyses the nature of post 9/11 relations and its impact on South Asia especially Pakistan. Pak-US relations have been perplexing and intricate since inception of their relations. This relationship manifests the classical example of convergence and divergence of national interests. Client-patron state relations between Pakistan and United States measure level of interaction and commitments. The 9/11 was a hapless event, which drastically changed the scope of relationship and level of engagement. This dastard act was the tipping point of revitalized bilateral relationship in altogether different circumstances. United States was bent on hunting perpetrators of heinous act of 9/11 at any cost and it was not possible without cooperation and facilitation of Pakistan being next door neighbour of Afghanistan. Pakistan grabbed this opening to end international isolation and overcome its economic handicaps. Pakistan again became strategic partner of US in war on terror and being frontline state earned the title of the US major non-NATO ally. However, the relations remained fraught due to various allied factors such as distrust and lack of confidence. This paper tries to analyze the impact between aid given to Pakistan, in the context of irritants between civil and military regimes in Pakistan.

Pashtun Images in Contemporary Pakistani Fiction in English

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-38
Author(s):  
Syed Rasool ◽  
Jehangir Khan
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
South Asia ◽  
War On Terror ◽  
Cultural Discourses ◽  
The Times ◽  
The Cold War ◽  
Global Powers

Living in an area that has long been a battlefield where various world powers have often been at loggerheads, Pashtuns have frequently drawn the attention of several works of fiction. Yet literary scholars have largely ignored the importance of these works of fiction looking into the lives of Pashtuns. This paper proposes that from the times of the Cold War to those of the War on Terror, Pashtun identities have been clouded by the hegemonic discourses of the contesting global powers, leading to gaps and silences in their depiction in literature.This paper argues that the Pashtun images in contemporary Pakistani fiction in English exhibit strong influences of the dominating narratives; simultaneously, however, they seem to offer various patterns of subversion of the prevailing power narratives. Despite the fact that Pashtuns are generally regarded as the most subversive people of South Asia and that their lands have been regarded significant strategically as well as geographically, yet they are portrayed as the Others of the mainstream cultural discourses. This paper aims to highlight the contours of the socio-cultural and political valuation of Pashtuns in contemporary Pakistani fiction in English.

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