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The struggle continues by Dr Manzur Ejaz
Amrita, Mukhtar Mai and Asma are all brave daughters of Punjab who, like Heer, are continuing the fight for their rights and human dignity...

Language Controversy by Editorial
IT Is a pity that the language controversy in Sindh, which was believed to have been laid to rest 33 years ago with the adoption of the Official Language...

Amrita Pritam is no more by Tribune News Service
Doyenne of literature and the first woman recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award, Amrita Pritam, died here today.

The Wagah Of Words by Chander Suta Dogra
A Pakistani magazine goes from lessons in Gurmukhi to printing poetry and stories. Punjabiyat is in spate.

Punjabi Poet Dr. Javed Zaki Passed Away by APNA
Dr. Javed Zaki, a prominent Punjabi poet and dedicated activist for the promotion of Punjabi language and culture passed away in East Lansing, Michigan, during the early hours of October 18, 2005.

A reader's guide to Bulleh Shah by Nadir Ali
Najam Hussain Syed's single volume Recurrent Patterns of Punjabi Poetry, though invaluable, covers a small part of Punjabi poetry.

Lahore-Amritsar bus service by Editorial
The agreement between India and Pakistan on Wednesday to start the Lahore-Amritsar bus service on a regular basis in the first half of November

Sharif Kunjahi : Writer, translator by Kazy Javed
Sharif Kunjahi is probably the oldest member of our literati who is going to turn 90 in the second week of October.

Bigger than Elvis by The Guardian
Despite the influence of the west on Iran's popular culture, Hafez, a poet who died over 600 years ago, still gets the crowds flocking, writes Robert Tait

A fine music tradition in ruins by Aditi Tandon
The glorious history of the erstwhile state of Kapurthala not only speaks of its majestic buildings and palaces but also of a rich music tradition.

About Shah Husayn and Madho by Nadir Ali
In book reviews we are long on accolades, but short on credibility. I would like the reader to take a careful look at this review.

World Hindko Conference: Pledge to save a language by Sher Alam Shinwari
The first ever world Hindko conference, with an aim of promoting the Hindko language and culture, was held recently in Peshawar under the auspicious of the Gandhara Hindko Board, a literary cum cultural organization.

Language debate by Letter to the editor
The natural link between the identity of a person and his mother tongue can never be replaced by any foreign language....

Talking language by Saad Shafqat
It would be fair to say that Wittgenstein knew a thing or two about language....

Experimenting with languages by Editorial
THE federal education minister has informed the Sindh education authorities that his ministry is revising the education curricula with a view ....

A host of religious festivities in Nankana by Shahnawaz Khan
Thousands of Sikhs in colorful dresses were seen at the Gurdawara Janam Asthan, Nankana Sahib on Tuesday morning

Debate on Medium of Instruction by Zubeida Mustafa
what should be the language of instruction in our schools? Given all the scientific research that has gone into the language and literacy issues worldwide — but surprisingly not enough in Pakistan....

Amrita Pritam: A Restless Cloud by Safir Rammah
Amrita Pritam, the eminent Punjabi poetess, novelist and short story writer and an outstanding literary figure of South Asia, passed away quietly..

Amrita Pritam: sensitive soul of Punjab by Shafqat Tanvir Mirza
This was mainly due to her famous poem on the partition addressed to Waris Shah in which she grieved over the carnage that accompanied communal riots of 1947

Amrita Pritam – a symbol of courage by Ishtiaq Ahmed
On October 31, 2005 the well-known Punjabi female fiction writer and poet, Amrita Pritam, died in New Delhi. She had been ill for several months.

CANADA'S FEDERAL ELECTION AND THE PUNJABI LANGUAGE by Sadhu Binning
Canada's Federal election is in full swing and people from the Punjabi community are fully immersed in it.

Season Greetings to all APNA friends by APNA
Season Greetings to all APNA friends from: Punjabi Culture Study Circle, Ludhiana, India

Seminar on Waris Shah In Tokyo by APNA
Second time in consecutive years members of APNA got-to-gather in Tokyo. Last year they had discussed Bulleh Shah’s poetry and this time in December, 2005 they organized a Seminar on Waris Shah at the Tokyo Institute of Technology.

Javed Zaki and Amrita Pritam Remembered by APNA
Tributes were paid to Dr. Javed Zaki and Amrita Pritam at a memorial meeting held under the auspices of the Academy of the Punjab in North America (APNA) here recently...

Pearls of wisdom from Punjab by Emanuel Sarfraz
Our society is in the process of transition. Whims of the rulers and not the general public have been the deciding factors in determining the course of the nation.....

Language still a bond between east, west Punjab by Correspondent
The Indian constitution has granted official status to 16 languages which also include Punjabi, while the language is the medium of instruction in educational institutions of East Punjab....

Sufis started dialogue on communal harmony by Chitleen K Sethi
Highlighting the contribution of Sufis and their Silsilas to the socio-cultural tradition of undivided Punjab, historians from India and Pakistan today.......

As it was by Zaman Khan
Amrita Pritam, renowned for her Punjabi poetry and fiction, passed away on October 31, 2005. Her death is widely mourned all over the world....

A fitting tribute by Naseer Ahmad
When a grown-up Waris Shah met his boyhood religious teacher, Hafiz Ghulam Murtaza Kasuri was angry with the young poet.

Dr. Prem Prakash Singh Memorial Book Released by South Asian Review
Virasat Foundation and Punjabi Sath, Lambra, Punjab organized a celebration to release the memorial book of well-known Punjabi scholar Dr. Prem Prakash Singh.

Veer-Zara by Friday Times
Review by Friday Times

Book Review : On Bhagat Kabir and Shiekh Ayaz by Dawn
Spiritually significant to Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs alike, Kabeer is an important figure in 15th century India.....

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY by Dr (Mrs) Manu Sharma Sohal
Remembering the great legend Amrita Pritam,Special on International Women’s Day

Language and learning in difficult times by Abbas Rashid
Cognitive abilities developed through early schooling in the mother tongue could go a long way in enabling the child to subsequently pick up other languages, even other subjects, with greater facility...

Punjabi books in 2005: Promoting language and literature by Safir Rammah
There was a time in Lahore in the early 50s when publishing a Punjabi book, establishing a Punjabi organization of a few diehard Punjabi writers, bringing out a Punjabi magazine and other such activities....

Amritsar-Nankana bus trial successful by Rana Sarwar
The trial run of the Amritsar-Nankana bus was described as ‘successful’ by Indian and Pakistan authorities on Friday....

New institute will promote Punjabi language, culture by Staff Reporter
* Elahi lays foundation stone for Punjab Institute of Language, Art and Culture * Chief minister announces Rs 2.5m grant for struggling writers, poets

JOURNALIST ZAFARYAB AHMAD DIES by Staff Reporter
Journalist Zafaryab Ahmad died of cardiac arrest here on Wednesday.....

Punncturing Promposity - On Punjabi Comedy Theatre in Pakistan by Ejaz Haider
Comedy does not let off steam; it picks up a situation or value, shears it of its seriousness and grandeur and puts it on the low shelf with other everyday banalities. It evokes laughter, not catharsis through awe...

Punjabi Mushaira in Germany by Punjabi Adbi Sangat
An invitation of Punjabi Mushaira

Kenya: TheMan who Refused to Keep Quiet by Mwangi Githahu
The Life and Times of Makhan Singh is published in March 2006 by Awaaz in collaboration with the Kenya Human Rights Commission..

Three Day Shah Hussain International Conference by Fakhar Zaman
We the writers, poets and intellectuals of the national languages of Pakistan feel that we are culturally rich because of the great intellectual traditions and spiritual heritage of our classical Sufi poets.

Hindi cinema’s First superstar by Various
With his stunning portrayal of Devdas, Saigal brought the author Saratchandra’s desperate character to life.

The pain of separation by Naseer Ahmad
Born in 1538 into a weaver family, a fact he never felt ashamed of, Shah Husayn received his early education in a mosque as was the tradition.

Mystical Separation by Dr. Fatima Hussain
Waris Shah's Qissa Heer Ranjha shows a great deal of inventiveness in reinterpreting the formulaic plot of Sufi romance....

Wajood or shahood? by Kazy Javed
I was utterly dejected when I alighted from the train that took me to Delhi from Amritsar last week.

Shah Hussain: A non-punjabi approach by Dr. Ishaq Sabavoon
This paper was read at the international Shah Hussain Conference at Grand Hotel Lahore on 30-03-06 Ishaq Sabavoon....

Retracing the glory of Shah Mohammad by Varinder Walia
With a Shah Mohammad Festival dedicated to Sardar Majithia on the anvil, its time Punjab remembered the poet from Amritsar who wrote ‘Jangnama’— an eyewitness account of the first Anglo-Sikh War,...

On Blessed Soil by Amir Mir
This is where Sikhism was born. Today, Nankana is a town gasping for breath...

Eminent Punjabis honoured in UK by Tribune
At a ceremony at the House of Commons of the UK last evening, organisations and individuals, who have made outstanding contribution to Punjabi art,

   
 

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