BOOKS BY DR.TARIQ RAHMAN

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1

1979. Poems of Adolescence Rawalpindi: Cezan Books

Romantic poems written in the twenties.

2

1989. The Legacy and Other Short Stories  New Delhi: Commonwealth Publishers.  

Collection of short stories written in the social-realist tradition as well as the allegorical and symbolic ones.

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3

1990. Pakistani English: The Linguistic Description of a Non-Native Variety of English  Islamabad: National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University.  

A Linguistic description of Pakistani English used by linguists, English language teachers and others. [ View Contents ]

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4

1991. A History of Pakistani Literature in English Lahore: Vanguard Books (Pvt) Ltd.

This is the first history of the writings of Pakistanis who produced literary work originally in the English language.

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5

1991. Work and Other Stories Lahore: Sang-e-Meel.

More short stories in the social-realist tradition.

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1996. Language and Politics in Pakistan Karachi: Oxford University Press.  Paperback reprinted, 1998, 2000 & 2003.  

This is the first objective and scholarly account of the connection between language and ethnicity in Pakistan. Accounts of British language policies, Hindi-Urdu controversy, Bengali, Sindhi, Pashto, Siraiki, Balochi and Punjabi language movements are provided.

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7

1997. An  Introduction to Linguistics Lahore: Vanguard Books (Pvt) Ltd.

A brief introduction for Pakistani students of linguistics. The book is meant for students who have no formal training in the subject.

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8

1999. The Third Leg and Other Short Stories Lahore: Sang-e-Meel

More short stories in the social-realist tradition.

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1999. Language, Education and Culture Karachi: Oxford University Press. Paperback reprinted, 2000 & 2003

Scholarly articles on the themes given above. This book is used by some universities for courses on South Asia. [ View Contents ]

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10

2000. Unpleasant Essays : Education and Politics in Pakistan Lahore: Vanguard.

These are newspaper articles on general and controversial themes.

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11

2002. Language, Ideology and Power: Language-Learning Among the Muslims of Pakistan and North India  Karachi: Oxford University Press.  

This is a scholarly book on the history of language-learning among South Asian Muslims. It looks at the connection between world view, ideology and language texts both in British India and Pakistan. A survey of 1426 students of schools and madrassas on their attitudes towards languages and other policies of Pakistan (such as the rights of minorities and women as well as militancy in Kashmir) is included.

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12

2002. Selected Short Stories Islamabad: Al-Hamra Publishers

This selection includes the best short stores from the previous three anthologies.

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13

2004.  Denizens of Alien Worlds: A Study of Education, Inequality and Polarization in Pakistan (Karachi: Oxford University Press).

This is a study of the education system in Pakistan with special reference to English-medium and Urdu-medium schools as well as madrassas. A survey of the opinion of students and teachers about Kashmir and the rights of minorities in Pakistan is included.

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2004.  Poem of Autumn Islamabad Leo Books.

Some of the poems of the first book and some written later.