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alyssa / October 16, 2003

“The Politics of Language Policy in Pakistan”

in Fighting Words: Language Policy and Ethnic Relations in Asia, Michael E. Brown and Sumit Ganguly, eds. Cambridge: Center for Science and International Affairs and MIT Press, 2003. pp.51-80.

“Since achieving independence in 1947, the state of Pakistan has been unable to formulate and implement policies to address the unabated tensions between the idealized, imagined Pakistan envisaged by the nation’s rulers, and the reality of its diverse citizenry.”   Preview

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About Alyssa

Alyssa Ayres is senior fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations, based in Washington, DC. She served most recently as deputy assistant secretary of state for South Asia during 2010 to 2013, covering all issues across a dynamic region of 1.3 billion people (India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Maldives, and Bhutan), and providing policy direction and support for four U.S. embassies and four consulates. Trained originally as a cultural historian, she has experience in the nonprofit, government, and private sectors, and has carried out research on both India and Pakistan…READ MORE

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