A Tale of Turmoil and Trials Rabinder Atwal
Rabinder Singh Atwal has been living in California for decades now. He has seen scores of Punjabi families moving to America, settling and disintegrating over a period of time. This process of alienation and integration of the Punjabi community .....Stories of Human Failings and Flaws
Mohinder Singh Ghagg is a peach farmer at Live Oak, California, U.S.A. he takes keen interest in literary activities also. First collection of his short stories titled ‘Asin Bhi Kujh Han’ appeared in 1988 followed in quick succession by a collection of poems.... A literary treasure of epic import
Culture is usually juxtaposed with nature or the physical world which includes both the organic and inorganic modes of existence. In fact human intervention into the processes of nature produces culture which usually manifests in the form of material ....Punjab Tragedy Revisited by Punjabi Diaspora
Prof. Harbhajan Singh from Kala Sangian in Kapurthala district in Punjab is a well-known NRI Punjabi writer who left for the States some six years ago in search of greener pastures. In India he remained associated with the Naxalite movement of the seventies ......Gurdial Dalal`s Autobiography
Biography is not a very popular genre in Punjabi. Sometime a stray writer does make an attempt to pen an autobiography which usually ends in an exercise in panegyric self glorification. Even biographies are equally eulogistic and more often than .........Village on the Wave Rural Punjab in Turmoil
THE physical environs of most of the villages in Punjab are changing fast. The peasant proprietor living within the thirty kilometer radius of big town thinks only in terms of millions no less. The steep rise in land prices has opened up new vistas with a number of possibilities of sorts......Punjabi Writers on Warpath
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. They think Punjabi.....Poetic Olympia Revisited
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. As a poet he is recognised all over the country......English versus the Native Languages
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 and introduce English only after five years of schooling in the mother.....A literary treasure of epic import
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. The purpose behind this acquisition is to adopt and regulate natural environment in terms of human....Tales of Protest and Assertion
Sharanjit Kaur is a well-known reviewer and commentator of Punjabi literature besides being a noted short story writer. She has already published five collections of stories which have been generally admired by the readers. Her latest collection of....The Lost Heritage: Punjab That No longer Exists
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. The village has undergone a....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 cultural events in the national capital.....Tales of Protest and Assertion
Sharanjit Kaur is a well-known reviewer and commentator of Punjabi literature besides being a noted short story writer. She has already published five collections of stories which have been generally admired by the readers. Her latest collection....The Lost Heritage: Punjab That No longer Exists
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. The village has undergone a complete....Gurdial Dalal`s Autobiography
Biography is not a very popular genre in Punjabi. Sometime a stray writer does make an attempt to pen an autobiography which usually ends in an exercise in panegyric self glorification. Even biographies are equally eulogistic and more often than....