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ساجد، وهدا چۆ مکرتێن بچکند اقبال تربت ساجد! تئو وه چِڑِکه ھم نَکرت… رَپتئے اَنچۆ گوشئے اِشتاپى اَتئے. چو نَزانت زانا که بے تئو گوات زھیرۆکَ جَنت. مّئے دَمک و دَر پُرسیگ بنت. تئو چۆ مَشُتێنئے ساجد! منا، تئو زانگى اَتئے. نون کُجا بشۆھازان چُشێن ساجدے. زانئے، مئیڈما منا ھال ھم نداتگ‌اَت که تئو منا زانئے. من ھم دگه ترا زانتگ‌اَت. یک رۆچے من که ...

Hangul Saeed

Time to normalise mental health conversation

Recently, I received news of a teenage boy who had committed suicide in Jussak, Turbat. It isn’t the first such incident. Every other day we come across heartbreaking stories that remind us of the unpleasant fact that depression and stress are rooted so deep in our society that people see death as emancipation. They see no ...

کِسّهے چه پُتێنکان: گرمێن ساهگ، مراد ساهر

 نۆٹ: واجه مراد ساهرئے اے آزمانک، چه واجه اَبدُلهَکیم بلۆچئے نزّ آورتگێن ”گچێن آمانکا“ زورگ بوتگ که 1970 آ چه بلۆچی اکئیڈمیئے نێمگا چاپ و شنگ بوتگ۔ کێنگیا وتی اُشترۓ بارۓ کلۆنٹ په هشتاد کلدارا بها کُرت، کلدار دزمالۓ لمبا بَستنت و لانکا مان جتنت، اُشترۓ کۆنڈ بَستنت و بازارۓ تَنکا بُرزاد بوت. آییا چیزے ...

کُجا ائے، منی چُکّ؟

واجه ساجد حسینئے یاتا دلگۆش: اے بانک کارینا جهانیئے انگرێزی نبشتانکے که بانُکا وت په بلۆچستان‌ٹایمزئے وانۆکان بلۆچیا تَرّێنتگ.  هما ائولی رند که تئو منی کارگِسا آتکئے، منا شَرّ یات اِنت. سال 2017 اَت، گرماگئے گُڈّی رۆچان یک رۆچے. کمّے لجّۆک اَتئے، گێشترێن هبر واجه تاجا کُرتنت. په من مُشکلے نبیت اگن تئو وتی کێسا ...

Munaj Gul Muhammad

‘No online classes if you can’t go online’

Students in smaller towns in Balochistan have to travel to cities for the internet to attend online classes and in most cases, they do not succeed despite a trip of miles. The Coronavirus pandemic had forced the Higher Education Commission (HEC) to announce the closure of campuses and instruct educational institutions to conduct classes through ...

Sammi Baloch

Rasool Bakhsh and Sharipah in London, England, some time in the 1980s. Photo source: author

Bad blood: Impact of slavery, racial denial and colourism to Baloch identity

What a time to be alive. As a global pandemic, an economic crash and despair are sweeping the world, so too are anti-racists movements inspired by the reawakening of Black Lives Matter following the brutal murder of George Floyd by US law enforcement. At such a time, I can’t help but be compelled to think ...

Ehsan Haider

بلۆچ چاگردا نسل‌پرستی

دلگۆش: اے بلۆچستان‌ٹایمزئے انگرێزی شۆنگالے که اِحسان حیدرا بلۆچیا رجانک کرتگ امریکها ھئوار دُنیائے اے دگه ھند و دمَگان اهتجاج و شۆران چاگردانی تها چه کرنان بئیۆکێن نسل‌پرستیئے جاک یکبرے پدا زندگ کُرتگ۔ امریکهئے شهر منیاپولسا پولیسئے دستان افریکی امریکی مردئے ھۆن انساپئے هَکدار اِنت و اکلیتان اے هَک هست‌اِنت که یکّێن چمّا چارگ ببنت، ...

Carina Jahani

Where are you, my son?

In memory of Sajid Hussain I remember well the first time you came to my office. It must have been in the early autumn of 2017. You were a bit shy. Taj did most of the talking. Would I be OK with you applying for political asylum in Sweden? “Yes, of course, it is your ...

News Desk

Racism in Baloch society

The protests in the US and across the world have once again highlighted the age-old debate of just how racist our societies are. The African-American man that was murdered by the police in Minneapolis deserves to get justice, and the minorities have every right to be treated as equals in practice and not just in ...