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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUNJAB STUDIESEditorsEleanorNesbitt ... (15990 words) |
 | But Punjabi has a strong claim to be the language of the home in most cases; and more might be done to encourage the use of it, or at any rate to remove the impression that it is being purposely neglected (Goldsby, 1908). |
| He was an established Punjabi poet by the 1950s, the first collection of his verse having been published in 1941, but more than that he had dedication, the energy and the confidence to initiate movements and keep them going. |
| In short, the Punjabi elite's marginalisation of Punjabi is not because of generosity or disinterested love of the country but a mixture of culture shame, prejudice against its own language and the desire to keep the centre, and therefore itself, dominant in Pakistan. |
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