In Memory of Ahmad Nadim Qasmi
Since he lived to be around ninety, Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi had to cope with many intellectual upheavals that threatened to undermine the broad consensus that had given birth to the Progressive Writers Association in the... The Lost Heritage: Punjab That No longer Exists
Harkesh Singh Kehal, after his retirement from the Punjab Civil Service goes back to his village Sandaur in Sangrur district of Punjab to rediscover that vibrant pattern of life which he left behind a few ... Restoring the old city
LAHORE is now a sprawling metropolis which continues to extend its boundaries by the day. New housing societies continue to emerge, tempting the people to live in these, hopefully, better planned localities, so that even many of the,...Answering Intizar Hussain`s questions
I agree with Intizar that language shouldn’t be treated like a factory. But if the state treats human beings as madrassa-produced clones fighting covert wars with their minds switched off, it creates a factory-like situation. ....Judging Urdu unfairly
KHALID Ahmad’s recent comments about Urdu seem to confer a seal of failure on the fate of this poor language. What in fact prompted him to make these comments is the analysis of the situation of the language in Pakistan made ...Hot Seat (Talk with Abrar-Ul-Haq)
It has been more than a decade since he made an explosive entry on the pop music horizon and Abrar ul Haq is still hailed as the undisputable Bhangra King. He is popular with all ages and all sections of society, nationally,...Patriotism on both sides
Lush green acres of Punjab’s villages pass you by. You feast your eyes on the fertile expanse and wait in anticipation to view the beauty of ‘the other side’ — the land of the Sikhs, with feet still planted on ...A perspective on ethnic nationalism
This brilliant academic from Australia has dwelled at length on telling us Pakistanis what he thinks is wrong with us. His is not the voice of a sympathetic detractor or that of an interlocutor... BJP attacks Punjabi Poet Paash
Gurdial Dalal`s Autobiography
Biography is not a very popular genre in Punjabi. Sometime a stray writer does make an attempt to pen an autobiography which usually ends in an exercise in panegyric self glorification. Even biographies. ...