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 ... Issues and Facts about NCERT Books
A lot of heat was generated in Rajya Sabha on the issue of allegedly objectionable material in NCERT Hindi and History books, being taught to students. MP’s cutting across party lines went on to the extent of seeking punishment to ... Fresh evidence of Punjab's sacrifices
It has often been asserted that Punjab didn't participate in the First War of Independence and Punjabis worked against the cause. But Chandigarh-based eminent scholar of Punjabi studies Harnam Singh Shaan has found irrefutable ,...The 1857 uprising
The month of May 2007 marks the 150th anniversary of a popular uprising in the Indian subcontinent against the English East India Company. It has been described as the Sepoy Mutiny ....Stories of Human Failings and Flaws
Mohinder Singh Ghagg is a peach farmer at Live Oak, California, U.S.A. he takes keen interest in literary activities also. First collection of his short stories titled ‘Asin Bhi Kujh Han’ appeared in 1988 ...Women of rural Punjab
As someone who hails from a rural area herself, does not pretend to be of elite background but is an academic, Dr Tahmina Rashid enjoys the advantage of being both an insider and an outsider,...Memories of a town known as Sirhind
Sirhind remains a place deserving of careful, close study. It is precisely this that Subhash Parihar has done in his densely researched recent work on the town, writes B. N. Goswamy ...Punj Pani flows back in annals of history
LAHORE, April 13: The fourth Panj Pani Indo-Pak Theatre Festival titled ‘Reinterpreting history’ will open at Alhamra Art Centre on April 18 (Wednesday) Ajoka Theatre has organised the six-day festival in..... OP-ED: In Delhi’s Lahore
TAXILA, April 14: More than 10,000 Sikh pilgrims performed the last of their rituals of the Besakhi festival that drew to a close at Gurdwara Punja Sahib in Hassanabdal on Saturday.After Bhog that marked the. ...Muslim reunited with his Sikh family
MIRANSAHIB: A Muslim brother was reunited with his Sikh family after 60 years on Thursday.Sheikh Aziz, a resident of Rawalakot town in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, wasfinally given permission to meet his Sikh family . ...