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Amrita Pritam, renowned for her Punjabi poetry and fiction, passed away on October 31, 2005. Her death is widely mourned all over the world. She had been living with Imroz in Delhi for the last four decades. Khushwant Singh, praising his devotion to Amrita, wrote: "Amrita's ... People Like Us Across The Border
When a grown-up Waris Shah met his boyhood religious teacher, Hafiz Ghulam Murtaza Kasuri was angry with the young poet. The maulana complained that he was proud of his two brilliant pupils the other being Bulleh Shah for their scholarly achievements but was ... Dr. Prem Prakash Singh Memorial Book Released
Virasat Foundation and Punjabi Sath, Lambra, Punjab organized a celebration to release the memorial book of well-known Punjabi scholar Dr. Prem Prakash Singh. Bhupinder Malhi, president of Virasat Foundation, welcomed everyone and informed the audience about ,...Veer-Zara
The film is about an Indian Punjabi called Veer Pratap Singh (Shahrukh Khan) who falls in love with a Pakistani called Zaara Hayat Khan (Preity Zinta). Veer is from a village in Indian Punjab, while Zaara is from Lahore. The two meet by chance... fall madly in love and then ....Book Review : On Bhagat Kabir and Shiekh Ayaz
Spiritually significant to Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs alike, Kabeer is an important figure in 15th century India. The mystical poet raises the voice of truth. Philosophical in nature, his poems are characterized by a free use of the vernacular and are unfettered by the grammatical bonds of his day ...INTERNATIONAL WOMEN`S DAY
Aj aakhan Waris Shah noon . The writings of Amrita Pritam are the voice of silent but smoldering sobs of many a woman of our male-dominated society. Her works guide and teach us as to how woman can live all alone gracefully and with dignity, fighting back her tears,...Language and learning in difficult times
Cognitive abilities developed through early schooling in the mother tongue could go a long way in enabling the child to subsequently pick up other languages, even other subjects, with greater facility... Who knows what kind of costs we are incurring as a society by persisting ...Punjabi books in 2005
There was a time in Lahore in the early 50s when publishing a Punjabi book, establishing a Punjabi organization of a few diehard Punjabi writers, bringing out a Punjabi magazine and other such activities, that are now considered as major milestones in the long struggle to promote the Punjabi ....Amritsar-Nankana bus trial successful
New institute will promote Punjabi language
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has said that the establishment of the Punjab Institute of Language, Art and Culture would make up for a long-existing deficiency in the means to promote. ...