S. Mohinder: the Soulful Musician
IT was the year 1956, a soulful melody in the voice of Lata Mangeshkar, “Guzra Hua Zamana Ata Nahin Dobara… Hafiz Khuda Tumhara, virtually everyday on the airwaves of All India Radio, Radio Pakistan and Radio Ceylon. It was a song of... Sorrow of Jajjal: The tale of a village in distress
Manish is the future of his poor parents, but at the age of two he cannot move, not even toddle. He is too small to understand why he is like this. Manish suffers from cancer since his birth. His father Tarsem is a daily wager. Manish lives with ... Punjab holds the key to peace
The year 2007 marks the 60th anniversary of the bloody partition of the two key provinces of Bengal and Punjab as well as of India. In a series of forthcoming articles I shall from time to time review different aspects of that cataclysmal event.,...The line of beauty
With her scenes of village life, Amrita Sher-Gil dedicated herself to painting the 'true' India. Strikingly attractive, outspoken and intelligent, she died suddenly at only 28. Salman Rushdie on the inspiration for his flamboyant heroine in ....Three distinguished Punjabis gone
The last few weeks have brought bad and sad news about the Punjab as three of its very distinguished sons -- Munir Niazi, Sharif Kunjahi and O P Nayyar (Omkar Prashad Nayyar) -- left this world, one after the other. I call it a Punjabi loss ...Sharif Kunjahi – Serving his language
As a poet, prose writer, teacher, research scholar, linguist, lexicographer and translator, Sharif Kunjahi served the Punjabi language with unwavering dedication throughout his long and productive life in many more ways than his eminent ...Realistic and balanced
I first read some Urdu poems of Sharif Kunjahi in one of the magazines of the progressive writers movement which was at its peak during the first few years after partition. The movement which was initiated just before World War II ...Sardul Kwatra and his Soulful Music
Sometimes I feel that there are several important aspects of the history of Punjab, which have gone unrecorded. Although Punjabi pop music is currently dominating the musical scene of India, yet no one has taken pains to discover the.... SHARIF KUNJAHI PASSED AWAY
Munir Niazi
The last time I met Munir Niazi was during the end of Ramadan, when he dropped by my office appearing fragile and wearing an Afghan cap. He said that he was going to be there for half an hour. He stayed for four hours. Frail and ailing,. ...