Ghulam Hassan Lobsang is recognized for his contribution to promoting
Balti language
Balti (Nastaʿlīq script: , Tibetan script: སྦལ་ཏི།, ) is a Tibetic language natively spoken by the ethnic Balti people in the Baltistan region of Gilgit−Baltistan, Pakistan, Nubra Valley of the Leh district and in the Karg ...
and Balti culture in
Baltistan
Baltistan ( ur, ; bft, སྦལ་ཏི་སྟཱན, script=Tibt), also known as Baltiyul or Little Tibet ( bft, སྦལ་ཏི་ཡུལ་།, script=Tibt), is a mountainous region in the Pakistani-administered territory of Gilg ...
, a region in the north of Pakistan. He was a Government Servant (now retired) in Accounts Department but more active in the literary sphere of the region and is influential in promoting the region's local
culture
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, tradition and language. Lobsang has primarily written reference texts and fictional material based on Baltistan's
local traditions
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and culture.
The ''Bon Philosophy'' (1997) is recognized as Lobsang's major text. The book outlines religious and cultural changes within the Baltistan region over past centuries and explores the impact of local belief systems on the lives of the region's inhabitants in the post-
Islam
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ic era.
Lobsang also authored ''Balti Language Grammar''. This text was initially released in
Persian
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languages; however, the text was subsequently translated into English and was released under the title of ''Balti English Grammar'' by
Bern University
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,
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
in 1995.Lobsang, Ghulam Hassan. ''Short Sketch of Balti Grammar: A Tibetan Dialect Spoken in Northern Pakistan.'' Bern: Universität Bern, 1995 /ref> This text is used as a key reference tool by students studying Balti language at Bern University.
Further texts by Lobsang include:
*''Mimang Rgiastit (series)''
1. *''Lobsang''
2. *''Losar''
3. *''Kessar''
4. *''Yul Ann''
5. *''Sang''
*''Aot (A balti translation of quotations of great thinkers.)''
See also
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List of Pakistani writers
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* Badam Natawan
*Bano Qudsia
*Bapsi Sidhwa
* Begum Akhtar Riazuddin
*Bina Shah
* Bushra Ra ...
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Skardu District
The Skardu District ( ur, ) is one of the 10 districts of Gilgit-Baltistan territory of Pakistan. The Skardu District is bounded on the east by the Ghanche District, on the south by the Kharmang District, on the west by the Astore District, on ...