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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, |
