12 songs from Pakistan’s mountains
Mai Bhagi’s ‘Kharee neem kay neechey’ (underneath a neem tree) is one of the most famous songs ever to emerge from the desert expanse of Tharparker (in the Sindh province). ... Banta Singh and Other Stories by Sadhu Binning
Explor Asian 2014 : Book Launch, Fauji Banta Singh and Other Stories by Sadhu Binning... Short stories in Punjabi
Punjabi is one of the most ancient languages. Even Farsi and Urdu were born later. It therefore inherits rich culture and tradition in literature also. Even the roots of Urdu somewhere meet Punjabi language. ,...It all started in and around Rawalpindi
It has been a sheer pleasure to read the autobiography of Kailash Puri, written largely in Punjabi and rendered into very readable English by Professor Emeritus Eleanor Nesbitt. We learn that Kailash was born in. ....Sajjan for everyone
It seems unreal — a legend, a folklore or storyline of a cliff-hanger — that a Lucknow-born, Urdu speaking renaissance man leads a group of passionate volunteers to launch their first ever mother language ...Public spaces with spiritual ambiance
Shrines in Punjab have been and are informal spiritual and cultural centres visited by teeming millions every day with the expectation of gaining some kind of spiritual or material benefit from the divine through the intersession,...Chet and Vesakh: spring and harvest
Seasons have deep impact on all things. Of all the living beings, humans are most prone to be affected by seasons, especially by the changes in season which usually occur at regular intervals in the unending natural ...Books: novel and dictionary of technical terms
‘Galicha Unan wali’ (The carpet weaver) Zahid Hassan’s novel is different from the run of the mill fiction in the sense that it draws its inspiration from the research done on the carpet weaving industry in Punjab which..... Bhagat Singh strikes again
BHAGAT Singh, ever the guerrilla fighter, keeps cropping up at places, as if trying to ambush the prigs who today inhabit the area he took by storm almost nine decades ago. Until recently, some patriots were. ...Bhagat Singh: for the deaf to hear - Part - I
More than eight decades after he proudly walked to the gallows in the Lahore Central Jail on March 23, 1931, Bhagat Singh caused a fierce controversy when a move was made by certain civil society organisations ...