For the past seven years, during my stay in the United States, my identity has undergone many transformations.The journey started with feeling like a foreigner in the USA; the new, nervous kid-on-the-block to a more confident being – one who is proud of his strong....

LAHORE - First ever National Punjabi Conference has been organised to raise the questions regarding the importance of Punjabi language.The conference was presented by Ahmad Raza who is the head of a newly-initiated organization, Punjabi Parchar, and was held at the main ...

It might sound amazing today that an entire street of the Walled City of Lahore was cleaned and scrubbed for two whole days just because a horse had to pass that way. It was no religious ceremony, but just the immense passion of a horseman who felt more . ...

The fourth time rejection of a bill seeking the status of national language for regional languages by a parliamentary committee in as many years is now being seen by the nationalist parties as a “deliberate attempt” by the PPP and the PML-N to maintain their “hegemonic . ...

I attend a ceremony at a school of journalism in Buffer Zone in Karachi where 49 girls are awarded a certificate for the three-month course they had completed supported by scholarships from donors. The language of the proceedings is English and it is plain that few in the audience really...

Urdu translation of Khushwat Singh’s Ranjit Singh: Maharaja of Punjab will bring Punjab’s history to a wider section of population Translation is a tedious job that can never be perfect because of the difference of cultures associated with different languages. ...

Why do languages die? They die when their speakers abandon them for other languages, because they are not given prestige and they become ashamed of their own languages Ethnologue is a book which contains lists and brief descriptions of the languages of the world. It says..

Performances by the famous dancing girls of the Pakistani city of Lahore have come to an end because of deteriorating security. Many now face an uncertain future, with some turning to prostitution, reports the BBC's Haroon Rashid.The colourful musical anklets of the ...

VANCOUVER, B.C. – Near the Burrard Bridge. Insite on East Hastings. A Point Grey house. The bandstand in the West End. Vancouver’s library today announced more than two dozen locations as official literary landmarks around the city, marking the connections ...