Old District Records in Pakistan
| Autor: | Martin, Zawahir Moir |
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| Rok vydání: | 1990 |
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| Zdroj: | Modern Asian Studies. 24:195-204 |
| ISSN: | 1469-8099 0026-749X |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s0026749x00001219 |
| Popis: | Imagine you are in a dark and lofty interior. All around you can dimly see huge racks piled high with cloth bundles—blue, red, green and white. In the middle of the space a rickety ladder leads up to another level also filled with racks and bundles, over and above which rises another ladder and another level. If you decide to move you must step carefully between piles of old papers strewn across the floor and, perhaps, small channels of water. If you try to grasp hold of one of the coloured bundles to see what it contains you will be assailed by clouds of gritty dust that catch at your eyes and throat and may even force you to retire quickly from that dark and inhospitable place. Is this a dacoits' hideout or perhaps the cave of Ali Baba? No—as you've certainly guessed by now—it is or could be almost any district record room anywhere in Pakistan. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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