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Punjab, an Opportunity
Beacons by
Gobind Thukral
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...
Silver Jubilee of Punjabi
Akademi by
Dr. Jaspal Singh
Punjabi Akademi, Delhi was
set up in 1981 with a specific purpose of promoting Punjabi language
Lahore in 1919
by
Dawn
The city of Lahore occupied
a position of pre-eminence which rested firmly upon the historical
traditions of Punjab.
It is hard to partition
tradition by
Nirupama Dutt
Mela Chiragan or the Urs of
Madho Lal Husain is a unique cultural and secular festival of Lahore,
Myth is the Man
by
S P SINGH
Mason, pick pocket, story
teller, painter, folk lore expert, and then, `Professor Kazak'
Government tells Punjabi
writer it is broke
by
S P SINGH
Govt tells Punjabi's top
writer it is too broke, can't pay Rs 500 it owes to him
Devinder Satyarthi : The
quest for people's soul
by
Amarjit Chandan
Devinder Satyarthi, the
wandering dervish of the Punjab and a folklorist, died at the age of 95 in
Delhi on 12 February 2003.
If these walls could talk
by
Samina Shah
Samina Shah writes about the
revamping of Tollington Market as a museum for Lahore
When footloose but sage
Satyarthi died
by
S P SINGH
For decades, that
incomparable collector of folk songs and folk lore, polyglot Devendra
Satyarthi's black pen scribbled relentlessly, recording for posterity the
folk heritage which would necessarily have been lost otherwise
Art and soul - The pain
of creation
by B. N. Goswamy
One senses in nearly all of
Satish Gujral’s work the looming presence of the cage of silence in which
he has remained confined for the most part of his life,
Sufis and the spread of
Islam by
Dr Masood Bhutto
IN the Subcontinent, the
Sufis made untiring, selfless and incessant struggle for the spread of
Islam. They devoted their lives and gave up their homes to champion the
cause of Islam in a miraculous way.
Opening debates
by
Altaf Hussain Asad
Hailing from a small town,
Mailsi, in Vehari district, Hussain Ahmad Khan had aimed to sit for the
C.S.S. exam as most of his relatives...
Punjab's Nightingale is
no more by
Aditi Tandon
The Nightingale of Punjab
sings no more. After playing hide and seek with death for over a month,
the legendary Surinder Kaur finally surrendered her defences late last
night.
Big Bad ‘B’: The
BOLLYWOODIFICATION of our Lives
by
Sunny Bindra
Bollywood: the world’s most
energetic film industry. Every year, it churns out more than a thousand
movies, sells more than 3 billion tickets and generates well over 1
billion dollars in revenue.
FUSION or CONFUSION?
by
Sunny Bindra
Whether it’s in Hindi films,
the pop charts, or even semi-classical experimental music, it’s only in if
it’s of mixed parentage.
The sound of simplicity
by
Jakob Steiner
When it comes to simplicity
in music, it often touches on the negative.
India revisited
by
Tariq Alam Jah
Although the Indians are
generally fascinated by the general’s charm and flexibility in his
approach, some people are sceptical if the general has really changed.
Radio Pakistan revives
tradition MUSIC NOTES
by
Inayat Ilahi Malik
WE have been told that Radio
Pakistan Lahore is very shortly reviving its live programmes on classical
music.
Bridging the idiom
by
By Sarwat Ali
Ajoka has successfully
managed to hold its third festival comprising regional and international
theatre groups...
Does Language Die
by
Surjit Patar
Surjit Patar's Punjabi Poem
, Translated by: Dr. Tajwant Singh Gill
The revolutionary duo
by
Inayat Illahi Malik
THERE were two sides to
Salamat Ali Khan’s personality. The artiste was proud, confident and
defiant of redundant traditions....
The Two Punjabs: A
Cultural Path to Peace in South Asia?
by
Alyssa Ayres
Last year, the Pakistani
cricket team spent a month and a half in India on tour, its first such
visit in more than six years.
The Punjab: ancient and
medieval roots
by
Ishtiaq Ahmed
There is no doubt that the
idea of theological equality of human beings came to thesubcontinent
through Islam; that it helped create an egalitarian social order is
however a myth...
Unforgettable Madan Mohan
[Kohli Khatri/Punjabi]
by
M.L. Dhawan
Madan Mohan started his
career as lieutenant in the Army. As an artilleryman, he received his
commission (emergency) in 1943 and was stationed in Bangalore for about
two years.
Anglicisation of Punjabi
by
Rubinder Gill
During the course of
development, a language grows with addition and incorporation of new words
into its vocabulary.
A link to the past
by
Muhammad Ilyas Bhatti
The city of Takshasila or
Taxila, as the Greeks had named it, is situated about 32km north-west of
Islamabad, capital of Pakistan, and close beside the railway station of
Taxila....
A living legend
by
Inayat Ilahi Malik
HAVE a pleasing recollection
of Fateh Ali Khan’s rendering of Khyal Darbari Kanhra in a private concert
where he presented the raga with great skill and mastery.
Proponent of living music
by
Jakob Steiner
CLOSE to Badshahi mosque,
between Heera Mandi and the Wazir Khan mosque, is one heart of Lahore that
pulsates with music.
When boundaries disappear
between countries
by
Staff Reporter
The man-made boundary
between India and Pakistan on Thursday lost its importance momentarily as
the famous Chambilyal mela symbolising the .....
Punjabi identities before
the Punjab’s partition
by
Ishtiaq Ahmed
Much has been written on the
question of Punjabi identity but as yet the scholars are not agreed on
whether such an identity was important in the lives of the
Punjabi-speaking people or that religion....
Safma team returns from
India by
Staff Reporter
A vast majority of people on
both sides of the border want a durable peace between India and Pakistan
that could only be sustained through steadfastness.....
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....
Answering Intizar
Hussain’s questions
by
Khaled Ahmed’s TV Review
agree with Intizar that
language shouldn’t be treated like a factory. But if the state treats
human beings as madrassa-produced clones fighting covert wars with their
minds switched off....
Judging Urdu unfairly
by
Intizar Hussain
KHALID Ahmad’s recent
comments about Urdu seem to confer a seal of failure on the fate of this
poor language.....
Hot Seat (Talk with
Abrar-Ul-Haq)
by Maliha Mansoor
It has been more than a
decade since he made an explosive entry on the pop music horizon and Abrar
ul Haq is still hailed as the undisputable Bhangra King.....
Patriotism on both sides
by
Maheen A. Rashdi
Nationality is something to
be proud of, but it’s time we progressed beyond waving flags and chanting
slogans......
A perspective on ethnic
nationalism
by Murtaza Razvi
This brilliant academic from
Australia has dwelled at length on telling us Pakistanis what he thinks is
wrong with us....
BJP attacks Punjabi Poet
Paash by
South Asia Post
THE bigoted mindset of the
right wing Bhartiya Janata Party is full display these days....
Gurdial Dalal’s
Autobiography
by Dr. Jaspal Singh
Biography is not a very
popular genre in Punjabi. Sometime a stray writer does make an attempt to
pen an autobiography which...
Sikhism is eco-friendly
by
Prabhjot Singh
The uniqueness of
identifying gurdwaras with common Punjabi trees is unprecedented. Even the
Gurbani refers to various species of trees, which are useful to
mankind....
PAL published record
books last year
by
Jonaid Iqbal
The record of literary
output of the nation’s writers’ during the year 2005 have been documented
in a set of three books....
Separate dept for
cultural heritage: CM
by
Staff Reporter
The Punjab government is
establishing a separate department for the protection of cultural heritage
in the province and repair/renovation of historic buildings..... |
