This Female Pashto Singer Defied Odds and Used Social Media to Make Her Debut

The singer wishes to to pursue her music career with a social cause.

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In this deeply connected and always-online age, anything is possible. Sana Tajik proved that by overcoming all odds, and becoming a musician with the help of social media.

Despite the odds not being in favor of female Pashto singers from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sana Tajik is still pursuing her dreams.

Sana Tajik, the Pashto Singer from Dir

The emerging Pashto singer from Lower Dir launched her career by herself a year ago. She was inspired to pursue music by another fellow Haroon Bacha. Since then, she’s been delving deeper into the world of Pashto folk music.

The vocalist is interested in creating positive change through art. She says that she’s not into music with the objective of becoming rich and famous. She feels that fame with respect is enough for her.

Sana’s main objective is to ‘bring about change towards a pluralistic and peaceful society’.

“One should not take art as something to fetch earnings; instead, talent should be used for positive cause and change in society.”

Despite still enrolled in a BS program as part of her academic career, Sana put out a video album this year.

Shes the eldest among her siblings, and managed to convince her parents to allow her to learn the art of music.

When her family moved from Dir to Peshawar, she met senior folk singer Gulzar Alam. That’s when she enlisted the help of the musician to teach her. He remained her mentor for a few months.

Now she’s expanding her range. She’s also is being mentored by Ustad Safdar Ali, another veteran, this time from the world of Punjabi folk music.

Making a Name for Herself

As her followers grow, so do her prospects.

“I have released my songs through social media and have been to Kabul twice.”

Sana wished to make a name for herself in the Pashto music industry over the next 10 years. She wants to ‘make music her career with a social cause’.

While social media is her main platform, the songstress will continue to perform live. She also believes that young artists should not depend on government support for their careers.

“I think the aspiring artists should come up with creative ideas and audience will definitely buy it if it comes up to their taste and expectations.”

Comments

  1. Dir Tajiks have been living in the area since about 1000 AD. They were Dari/Farsi speakers at that time. In 1600 AD the area was the scene of large scale Pashtun settlers from Afghanistan. Since then these fresh settlers have dominated the 2 Dir districts and resultantly the earlier settled Tajiks lost their Dari language and became Pashto speaking, Currently these Tajik descendants form about 10-15% of the population of the 2 districts. Other Tajik descendents in the area are Mashwani, Roghani, Dehkaan, Gabar, Swati and some other smaller groups all of whom are Pashto speakers now.

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