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Poet of Mysterious
Images
By Azkar Hussain
KARACHI: Heralded as the poet of fresh and
rather mysterious images, Muneer Niazi is no more with us, but his amazing
and thought-provoking poetry will never die down.
The Language Conundrum
By Zubeida Mustafa
THE government is once again about to experiment with the
education system in Pakistan. The federal education minister, Lt Gen (retd)
Javed Ashraf Qazi, a former ISI chief, has now announced a revised
schedule for the language reforms to be introduced in schools.
Rural Punjab in Turmoil
By Jaspal Singh
... The other side of the picture is that
many smaller farmers and landless labourers have been completely
pauperised and have landed in limbo. Most of them have joined the gangs of
louts and lumpans. As the village cartography has undergone sea change,
such people living on the margins have either taken to drugs or to petty
crime. Some of them indulge in both.
We Never Used the Word
'Love'
By Amrita Chaudhry
The immortal words in which noted Punjabi
litterateur Amrita Pritam once described her relationship with Imroz, a
man much younger and a partner for over four decades.
Beauty Queen's Celebrate
Punjabiyat
By Amrita Chaudhry
Ludhiana, December 18: FOR some it was a dream come true
and for others, the opportunity of a lifetime. But then at the end of the
day, it was love for Punjabi culture which took them to the winners’
podium.
Literary Stormcenters
By Aziz-ud-din Ahmadr
THREE areas of colonial Lahore were the
stormcentres of literary activity during the thirties and the forties.
They were Gowalmandi and its adjoining streets, Anarkali and The Mall When
Lahore started expanding during the colonial period, among the first areas
to be settled was Gowalmandi and its surroundings.
Mohena-Sohena
By Kalghidar Chamatkar
The sky is over-cast and a slight drizzle
has begun to fall. A tentative breeze shakes the bare branches of the
trees. It is the height of winter season and very, very cold. Now the
clouds and rain have added that extra chill to the air, making the people
seek protection in the warmth of their homes.
Adobe of Love
from Blog Dhoodhpati
If you have seen one town in Pakistan, you
have seen them all - except Malka Hans. A historic little town - serene,
tranquil, pollution free - was once an abode of Waris Shah, who stayed
here and composed famous romance tale Heer Ranjha.
Documenting the
'division'
By V. N. Datta
Select Documents on Partition of
Punjab-1947, India and Pakistan, Punjab, Haryana and Himachal-India, and
Punjab-Pakistan. Edited by Kirpal Singh. National Book Shop, Delhi.
Revised and enlarged edition. Pages LXXVI
Rebel Sufi's of Punjab
By Dr. Ishtaiq Ahmed
The Sufi brotherhoods that arrived in South
Asia from the Middle East and central Asia had already been influenced by
the pantheistic traditions of South Asia, and in some cases the result was
theist fusions or unitarian views of God. It is, however, important to
point out that some Sufi orders were quite conservative such as the
Suhrawardia and Naqshbandia.
Punjabi Writers on
Warpath by
By Dr. Jaspal Singh
KENFRI Punjabi Lekhak Sabha,
the largest conglomeration of Punjabi writers is one again up in arms
against the Punjab government for its language policy. The writers are
angry because the bureaucracy at the higher levels does not pass orders on
office files in Punjabi.
Punjabi PoWs in Germany
in WW1 by
By Aditi Tandon
It’s unbelievable. Somewhere
in the archives of Humboldt University, Berlin, lie stacked hundreds of
sound recordings of Indian soldiers, who died lusting for a glimpse of
their native villages. Taken prisoners of war in World War I by German
troops and detained at the Halfmoon Camp at Wunsdorf, close to Berlin,
these soldiers could never come back. But 90 years after their sound files
were created, the voices of three Indian soldiers, one of them a Sikh from
Ferozepore, are back to search for their roots.
Restoration of Pak Tea
House demanded
by
News Item
LAHORE, Nov 16: Poets and
writers on Thursday joined employees of the Pak Tea House to demand
restoration of the historical place that had been a meeting point of
literary giants even before partition.
Indian Delegate Meets Pervaiz-
News Item
Play Review: Mirza Bagh —
a well-adapted play
by
Halima Mansoor
Mirza Bagh, an adaptation of
Brian Friel’s play Aristocrats, reveals one of many things - how large
aristocratic families often preserve themselves in homespun glorification
of the family and try to retain the titles and the honour
Mango, kinno in ‘demand’
in India by
Staff Reporter
India could become a healthy
market for Pakistani mango and kinno as both fruits are of high quality
and taste, says Mr Mahinder Singh, leader of a 16-member delegation of
Indian farmers.
Musical voyage at the
Qadhafi Stadium
by
Pierre Jolit
The World Performing Arts
Festival, which opened its doors to the public on Friday, offered to the
audience diversity in styles and origins, proving that the art form is
closely linked to the ideal of voyage.
Mother Tongue Education
and the Health and Survival of the Balochi Language
by
TIM FARRELL of Summer
Institute of Linguistics, High Wycombe, UK
Of the estimated 6,500
languages in the world today it is reckoned that the majority will cease
to exist within fifty years or so. In the history of the world, languages
have always come and gone
Poetic Olympia Revisited
by
Dr. Jaspal Singh
SOM P. Ranchan is a notable
literary figure in north-west India. By now he has penned over four dozen
of books in different genres that include poetry, fiction, folklore,
literary criticism and mythcartography
The forgotten master
by
Amrik Singh: (Former Vice
Chancellor, Punjabi University, Patiala)
ASK anyone in Punjab about
Bhai Ram Singh and you would invite blank stares, even in Amritsar, where
there should be good reasons to remember him. He was the man who designed
Khalsa College..
Ten years of seeing,
studying Punjab
by
Roopinder Singh
Over 140 international
scholars from over 58 universities and 10 countries have studied Punjab,
its history, geography, culture, political economy and religious
traditions....
Waris Shah Comes Alive
by
Avtar Singh Shergill
Music OF Punjabi film ‘Waris
Shah Ishq Daa Waaris’ realesed in Chandigarh. The movie is due for release
on 29th September. Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has exempted this film
from tax....
Guru Nanak’s last abode
comes to life
by Zulqernain Tahir
After about six decades the
Gurdwara Kartarpur in Narowal where Baba Guru Nanak breathed his last has
been restored completely and opened to a greater number of followers....
Save other anniversaries
from the fate of ‘Vande Matarm’
by
Chaman Lal
In spite of apology rendered
by Congress party about the unconfirmed date of Vande Matram centenary,
the controversy generated by non-existent centenary of Vande Matram
refuses to die down....
Peace activists for
easing visa curbs
by
Staff Reporter
In a discussion on `visa and
nuclearfree South Asia here on Saturday, renowned Indian and Pakistani
intellectuals and peace activists highlighted threats to peace due to the
policies of New Delhi and Islamabad....
To Amritsar and back
by
Murtaza Razvi
IT was on Independence Day
this year when a group of Pakistani lawmakers, businesspeople, media
persons and NGO workers were invited to Amritsar....
Crossing over
by
Play Review
Play Review By Daily Times
Govt mulls Punjab
bifurcation
by Staff Reporter
Minister for Parliamentary
Affairs Dr Sher Afgan Niazi said on Tuesday proposals to bifurcate the
Punjab....
The Question Of Language
:On Hindi Day
by Chaman Lal
A debate is going on about
the invincibility of English as official language of the country, whereas
Hindi was declared national link language and official language of the
country....
Issues and Facts about
NCERT Books
by Chaman Lal
A lot of heat was generated
in Rajya Sabha on the issue of allegedly objectionable material in NCERT
Hindi and History books, being taught to students....
English versus the Native
Languages by
Dr. Jaspal Singh
A few days ago government of
Karnataka announced that all the English medium schools in the State be
closed or they adopt Kanad as the medium of instruction at the elementary
level.....
From an island south
by
Saira Dar
LOCATED 240km off the
south-east corner of mainland Australia, Tasmania is the homeland of
almost 500,000.....
Problems of Punjabi
Teaching by
Jamil Paul
Problems of Punjabi Teaching
Women of rural Punjab
by
Ishtiaq Ahmed
As someone who hails from a
rural area herself, does not pretend to be of elite background but is an
academic, Dr Tahmina Rashid enjoys the advantage of being both an insider
and an outsider.......
A vanishing breed
by
Sarah Cheema
TIMES have changed. Lahore
isn’t the same peaceful city it used to be 40 years ago....
Land Of Five Rivers In
Water Crisis And Water Chaos
by
Umendra Dutt
Last month Punjab has been
declared as the over all best state in the country by India Today news
magazine for the third conjunctive year.....
Giani Kesar Singh passed
away by
Varinder Walia
Giani Kesar Singh passed
away in Canada on September 21.....
Forgotten voice: MASTER
MADAN by
Pran Nevile
There has never been a
singer like Master Madan who sang with a touch of the divine...
Problems of Punjabi
Cultural Semantics
by
Dr. Jaspal Singh
CULTURE is whole of human
achievement with regional variations that has come into being as a result
of man’s intervention into the process of nature....
Pain, poetry and passion
by
Nirupama Dutt
They call him Pakistan’s
Shiv Kumar Batalvi but he would rather be known as Afzal Saahir, who has
interpreted pain his own way...
Maanboli Panjabi
by
P S Dhinsa
No one knows when and how
this universe came into existence and when this HUMAN life started on this
tiny particle, EARTH....
COMMENT: Prithviraj
Kapoor: A centenary tribute
by
Ishtiaq Ahmed
The irony could not be
ignored that we had gone past Samundri, a small hamlet, for the first time
in our life without even having a good look at that rustic community while
Prithviraj could not visit it after 1947 although he longed for it until
his last moments. It captured the tragedy of partition
One flew over the
PAINTER’S NEST
by
Nirupama Dutt
Painter, writer, actor and
vagabond are some ways to describe Naresh Pandit who has made eloquent
paintings of hills and hill people from his studio in Mandi, says Nirupama
Dutt...
EXCERPTS: Down memory
lane by
Book Review
First printed in 1860 for
private circulation, these summaries of the history of Lahore were
incorporated, in 1876, in a guidebook which was a joint piece of work by
T.H. Thornton and J. Lockwood Kipling.....
Punjab ready to look
after all monuments
by
Staff Reporter
Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi
said on Tuesday Punjab was ready to take possession of all historical
monuments here and would invest as much as was required to preserve
them...
Wither Punjab Agriculture
by
Dr. Joginder Singh
Punjab has shown an
exemplary growth in agriculture. Its hardy peasants who were helped by
research innovations....
Punjab in Environmental
Health catastrophe' But who cares?
by
Umendra Dutt
Meet Dharampreet, he is only
six years old, a student of second class in village Wan of district
Ferozepur....
Women in the two Punjabs
by
Ishtiaq Ahmed
The information one gets
from human rights organisations from both the Pakistani and Indian Punjab
is that sexual harassment of low caste/low community women is
widespread....
FAZILKA’S EIFFEL TOWER
by
Harjap Singh Aujla
Fazilka is a sleepy
sub-divisional headquarter on the Southern tip of Ferozepore district
close to the border with Pakistan...
Bihar loves Bhagat Singh
by
SAP
FOR many in India’s most
talked about and the least developed state Bihar it was an experience to
see the response to Bhagat Singh centenary celebrations....
Salaam, Namaste, Goodbye
and Good Riddance
by
Sunny Bindra
In which language do you
think? When I was ten years old, it became clear to me that I generally
think in English. Many years later, the repercussions of this seemingly
innocuous discovery became apparent....
Punjabi Complex almost
complete, says Elahi
by
Staff Report
The Punjab government is
taking measures to promote regional languages and the construction of the
1.6-acre three-storeyed Punjabi Complex on Ferozepur Road.....
100,000 Pakistanis
visited India in 2005
by
Iftikhar Gilani
The relative India-Pakistan
bonhomie over the past two years has seen a considerable increase in the
number of Pakistanis visiting India.....
Roshan Ara Begum
by
Inayat Ilahi Malik
MUCH has changed in the 40
years that have elapsed since she gave her first public performance at a
music concert organized by Radio Pakistan on the lawns of its old
building....
Tales of Protest and
Assertion by
Dr. Jaspal Singh
Sharanjit Kaur is a
well-known reviewer and commentator of Punjabi literature besides being a
noted short story writer......
Redefining a dying craft
by
Reviewed by Nyla Daud
The result of eight years of
research and extensive travel over what has now come to be known as the
October 5 Earthquake......
In Memory of Ahmad Nadim
Qasmi by
Various
Since he lived to be around
ninety, Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi had to cope with many intellectual upheavals
that threatened to undermine the broad consensus that had given birth to
the Progressive Writers Association in the nineteen-thirties.
The Lost Heritage: Punjab
That No longer Exists
by
Dr. Jaspal Singh
Harkesh Singh Kehal, after
his retirement from the Punjab Civil Service goes back to his village
Sandaur in Sangrur district of Punjab to rediscover that vibrant pattern
of life which he left behind a few decades before.....
Restoring the old city
by
Saira Dar
LAHORE is now a sprawling
metropolis which continues to extend its boundaries by the day....
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