Retracing the glory of Shah Mohammad
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, says Varinder Walia... On Blessed Soil
We zip down from Lahore on the smooth Sheikhupura-Faisalabad highway for all of 55 km, before taking a left turn to head for Nankana Sahib ... Eminent Punjabis honoured in UK
At a ceremony at the House of Commons of the UK last evening, organisations and individuals, who have made outstanding contribution to Punjabi art, literature, sports and values were honoured by the All-Party,...Punjab, an Opportunity Beacons
WHEN freedom bells tinkled a little less than six decades ago, Punjab, the whole of Punjab of five rivers was soaked in gore and blood. The land when it woke to a new dawn of freedom lay devastated with a nearly million of its sons and ....Silver Jubilee of Punjabi Akademi
Punjabi Akademi, Delhi was set up in 1981 with a specific purpose of promoting Punjabi language, literature and culture. During these twenty-five years, the Akademi has organised scores of seminars and ...Lahore in 1919
MY grandfather was in the prime of his bureaucratic career in Lahore in 1919, a momentous year in the political history of the South Asian subcontinent. I have given you excerpts from Ravinder Kumar`s account of the Rowlatt Act,...It is hard to partition tradition
WHAT made Lahore the legendary city was its multi-cultural and multi-religious heritage having been the kingdom of Hindus, Mughals and the Sikhs as well as a prized city of the British after the annexation of Punjab. With the ...Myth is the Man
When I wrote about this man, I had a rather simple challenge to face. Too many of my friends in Chandigarh refused to believe such a man existed. But then, there was little room for doubt. It was there on front page of all Indian ... Government tells Punjabi writer it is broke
Devinder Satyarthi : The quest for people's soul
Devinder Satyarthi, the wandering dervish of the Punjab and a folklorist, died at the age of 95 in Delhi on 12 February 2003. A legend in his own lifetime, he was born in a Hindu mahajan family in 1908 in Bhaduar in the Sangrur district of. ...