A literary treasure of epic import
Vaars are a valuable part of Punjabi poetry -- a folk perception of history and an expression of popular will in celebration or revol... THE WAGAH BORDER
The residents of the city say there are only three places worth visiting in Amritsar: the Sikh Golden Temple, Jallianwalla Bagh where the British Brigadier Dyer in 1919 massacred unarmed Indians ... New Punjabi fiction
Maqsood Saqib's Suchet Kitab Ghar is more than a publishing house. It has become sort of a Punjabi cultural centre in Lahore where many intellectuals and writers gather for exchange of ideas. In addition to publishing ..Jalaluddin Rumi and his Journey
AFTER centuries of enthralling the Muslim world, Jalaluddin Rumi has arrived in the United States. What is it about the Sufi poet that charms Americans?. ....Poems of intense indulgence
In his recent collection, Ghulam Hussain Sajid's intrinsic climate finds a perfectly harmonised expression in his mother tongue Punjabi. ...Punjabi language will disappear in 50 years
"I have gone through a report prepared by Unesco which says the Punjabi language will disappear from the world in 50 years. It shocked me. I am out to save Punjabi language and culture," he said here today.,...'Writing has no gender'
Nasreen Anjum Bhatti is amongst those few women poets and writers who inspired political activism in the dark era of General Zia. Her book of poetry, titled 'Neel Karain Neelkaan-Deeyaan Di War', created a stir when ...Gehal Singh Chhajjalvaddi
In this painting all the suggestions, including its title The Victim, are sinister – the broken image, bloody background, twisted bicycle, 4x4 motor jeep, thick deep line gashing in the landscape, the hills, the dark black sky ..... Sati Kumar
Satish kumar Kapil alias Sati Kumar, who has died of cancer aged 70 on 25 January in his home in Stockholm, was born in 1938 in the Malwa town of Rampura Phul in a Brahmin family of prouhits. After his graduation in. ...Waris Shah and sociology
SHAAISTA Nuzhat has done her masters in philosophy on the sociological aspect of Waris Shah's poetry which, according to her, is limited to the story of Heer-Ranjha, an actual happening of the period of Behlol Lodhi. ...