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She writes of Punjab in Hong Kong

A GRADUATE of IIM Calcutta, Manreet Sodhi Someshwar did the mandatorysabun-tel sales and marketing for several years before she found her calling, writing. Starting with Earning the Laundry Stripes in...

Punjabi and Gurmukhi

There appears to be a lot of confusion regarding Gurmukhi and Punjabi. The assumption a lot of people seem to make is that there is a language called Punjabi (what we use everyday) and there is the language called...

Of longing, laughter, love, literature, Lahore

I made sure my boots were flat-heeled (fashionably so), and my recent aerobics sessions made my dash from one hall to another (mercifully) easy without me gasping for breath, but my book-loving soul was at a crossroads,...

History of Punjabi Language & Gurmukhi Alphabet

Languages in the Indian subcontinent belong to four language families: Indo-European, Dravidian, Mon-Khmer and Sino-Tibetan. Indo-European and Dravidian languages are used by a large majority of India's. ....

How Punjabi in Canada became the third language

VANCOUVER: The Punjabi Language Education Association (PLEA Canada) had a very successful International Mother Language Day (IMLD) celebrations last week at the North Delta Recreation Centre in the Metro Vancouver area ...

Am I a ‘ganwaar’ if I speak in Punjabi?

While children are discouraged from speaking in Punjabi at home, the Punjabi Sufi kalaams of Baba Bulleh Shah and others in Coke Studio, continue to enthrall Punjabis and non-Punjabis alike. ...

Ratan Talao guruduwara

Akhtar Balouch, also known as the Kiranchi Wala, ventures out to bring back to Dawn.com’s readers the long forgotten heritage of Karachi. Stay tuned to this space for his weekly fascinating findings. .....

Khalid Iqbal — in memoriam

Khalid Iqbal as an artist was a person of enormous national significance. He was a painter of painters; a teacher of teachers; an icon of truth for those who sincerely pursue creative expression. He held firm views. ...

The ‘curse’ over a Rawalpindi Sikh family

Manjit Sachdeva’s debut novel about Sohna and his descendants covers a span of almost 200 years: 1790 to 1984 CE. Born into a Hindu Arora household of a Rawalpindi village, he shows no talent for its. ...