Vernacular Culture in British Colonial Punjab with Professor Farina Mir

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Hi, I’m Sukhraj Singh from SikhArchive and welcome to the 33rd episode of our Podcast series of conversations with historians, authors, academics, researchers, and activists on topics related to their areas of expertise on Sikh or Panjabi history.

In this episode we are joined by Professor Farina Mir, who is a professor of colonial and post-colonial South Asian studies with a particular interest in the social, cultural, and religious history of late-colonial north India. She is also the author of the book, The Social Space of Language: Vernacular Culture in British Colonial Punjab, which is a study of the Punjabi language and its literature under colonialism (from 1849-1947), with a particular focus on Qisse, or epic stories/romances.

Today, we will be discussing more about this book, including the inspiration behind the book, the research methods and findings that surface and the role and survival of the Punjabi language under colonial rule to the current day.

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