Rare pictures released on Shiv Kumar Batalvi
Zohra Sehgal obituary
Why it’s trendy to read Manto again
This manic monologue mumbled by Bishan Singh in the short story Toba Tek Singh stays with you years after you’ve read Saadat Hasan Manto. Is it the same acidic narrator of Partition stories who, in his movie columnist avatar, holds forth elegantly on Sitara Devi’s charms ...India-Pakistan — How to move on
As India and Pakistan celebrate another independence anniversary, there’s plenty of introspection going on within both countries. In India, a plethora of corruption scandals have considerably dented its global image. And, if India is feeling ....Make border province interactions more effective
From Punjab to Punjab
For Punjab
Punjabi language, culture and heritage has been neglected for long in (Pakistani) Punjab. The reasons for this are many. The one most often cited is that Punjab is the most influential state in Pakistan, and promotion of the Punjabi language would be viewed with suspicion by ...Let language unite
About two weeks ago, on July 16, the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Law, Justice and Human Rights rejected a private member’s bill for an amendment in the constitution to declare nine of the country’s regional languages as national languages in addition to....
A matter of martyrs
Where should Maharaja Duleep Singh RIP?
In Paris, where he died; in Britain, where he grew up and was cremated; in Amritsar, that he loved; or in Lahore, where he belonged. Here is what prominent Punjabis from across the world have to say. The global face of Punjab, scholar Tariq Ali dismisses the case ...