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Punjabi words are defined on their first occurrence. Social scientists
will need little reminder about value-laden concepts, propositions and
terms employed in the community discourse. Thus expressions such as
“martyrs” and “freedom fighters” in community literature and
“extremists” and “terrorists” in governmental literature are quoted with
their sources. The glossary also gives variations for those names
and places that do not yet have standard spellings. For the sake of
consistency, Punjab and Punjabi are used throughout the book instead
of Panjab and Panjabi; other indigenous terms are indicated in the
glossary.