Dama Dam Mast Qalandar
Even on a sunny day, his room has a very gloomy feel to it. Countless moments are spent staring at the walls; an ordinary quiet shrouds the space, as if words too, have lost all motivation here. ... Final destruction of the historical Minto Park
The stories about what was being done to destroy good old Minto Park made me go there on Saturday morning. My old cricket club, Crescent, and its club building have been razed, as also have been rivals ... Gora Raj : Our elders and national narrative
Punjab was the last sovereign state to fall to the East India Company. It was annexed on March 29, 1849, a decade after the death of Maha Raja Ranjit Singh who ruled supreme for 40 years. He was,...Baisakhi in Hassanabdal
HASSANABDAL: This remote northwestern Punjab town remains sleepy throughout the year, but comes to life during the annual Sikh festival of Baisakhi.. ....Punjabi should be taught in schools
The knowledge of Urdu became the cutoff point between the rustic, illiterate Punjabi and his literate counterpart conversant in Urdu. The latter tended to feel superior to the former ...10-day festival opens at Lok Virsa
The main objective of the festival is to promote harmony and national integration by highlighting the contribution of people in promoting the culture of Pakistan. More than 500 artisans and artists from all over the country,...Punjabi books get awards for 2013
SAHIWAL: The Mahkain Punjabi Adbi Board held the fifth annual Punjabi books awards ceremony at a private college here on Friday. ...Sikh pilgrims perform rituals
TAXILA: Children were seen running around barefoot in the heavily-decorated compound of Gurdwara Punja Sahib Hassanabdal on Friday morning, while the elders of the Sikh community were listening..... 150 odd years
Rajmohan Gandhi argues that the Punjabis themselves should devise solutions to Punjab, as outsiders have hammered out solutions that resulted in tragedy. ...Kaafi through history
The critical canon that has developed for the evaluation of our arts including poetry does not lay much emphasis on the relationship of the poetical or the artistic forms to various ideas, intellectual and political. ...