Sufi Mysticism of the Indus Valley
SBLS Mourns the sad demise of Ahmad Rahi
Shiv Kumar Batalvi (1936-1973)- Poet of melody
Lyrical sweetness - the magic touchstone of poetry - found a permanent home in Punjabi poetry more than a millennium ago. While Baba Farid (1173-1266) wrote most of his Punjabi poetry in the melodious two-line metre of dohras, many major Punjabi poets that followed ...Balwant Gargi dead
Renowned Punjabi dramatist and short story writer, Balwant Gargi, was cremated here today. He died in Mumbai last night after prolonged illness. He was 87. He left behind his son and daughter.The body of the Sahitya Akademi winning writer was ....A Peoples`s Poet
Ustad Daman was last seen on the funeral of Faiz Ahmad Faiz on November 20, 1984. He appeared terribly ill but he had managed to make it to Model Town to attend the funeral in a rickshaw. Although the mourners were visibly shocked by Faiz's death but whoever saw ...Report of Niazi Brothers' Concert
The Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, and Academy of the Punjab in North America, January 11, 2003.
1.Program Notes. 2.Opening Remarks - Safir Rammah. 3.Article - Washington Post - January 13, 2003...Another year of progress: Punjabi books of 2002
2002 was another year of continued progress for Punjabi language and literature. While in Pakistan, the large number of Punjabi writers, activists, research scholars and various forms of publications have clearly reached a critical mass , the quality and quantity of Punjabi literature ...The Punjabi Movement
The activists of the Punjabi movement want Punjabi to be used for educational, administrative, and judicial purposes in the province of the Punjab. As the Punjab is the most populous and prosperous province of the country, notorious for its dominance in the army... 'Status of Punjabi in Pakistan'
The Master of His Own Words
Whatever little Punjabi poetry Faiz wrote proves the point that the real concerns of the masses can be conveyed only in their mother tongueFaiz is and remains the most outstanding Urdu poet of the second half of the last century. During the last few years of his life, ...