ANTI-COLONIAL ANGST
Gopal Singh Chandan – A Short Biography & Memoirs by Amarjit Chandan. Centre for Migration Studies, Lyallpur Khalsa College Jalandhar; headed by Dr Darshan S Tatla. Pages 53. 2004. Email: dtatla@yahoo.co.uk.. The Dynamics of Sikh Diaspora
“Before examining the complex contours of the Sikh Diaspora, it may be noted that the overall Indian Diaspora has been estimated at over 25 million – an unconfirmed source has put the number of Sikhs abroad to be around ... Punjab Tragedy Revisited by Punjabi Diaspora
Prof. Harbhajan Singh from Kala Sangian in Kapurthala district in Punjab is a well-known NRI Punjabi writer who left for the States some six years ago in search of greener pastures. In India he remained associated ,...Rooting for the Roots
TWO Punjab born Indio Canadian politicians, a matured trade unionist, Harry Bains member of British Columbia Assembly and Harinder Takhar, a minister in Ontario province came to look for their roots. ....Author brings a new language to light
A PUNGLISH novel has been published for the first time. The Blue Light fuses Punjabi words with an English sentence structure to create the hybrid language its author, Rupinderpal Dhillon, hears spoken all the time. ...SPLIT FAMILIES Bridging a Great Divide
(These are true-life tales of families separated during Partition, building their separate lives across the India-Pakistan border, and then finding each other through determination and luck. Principal Correspondent Ramesh Vinayak ,...Urdu translation of Baba Fareed’s poetry launched
ISLAMABAD, Jan 8: The Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) on Monday launched Urdu translation of the poetry of Khwaja Fareed Ganj Shakkar, a great saint whose benign teachings had greatly influenced the people of southern Punjab....
The Oral Historian
Born in a small village in Tehsil Chiniot, Professor Saeed Bhutta opened his eyes in a place where Punjabi classical poetry was recited with fervor, and the ambience was essentially sufi. He grew up listening to the legacy of his rich culture and tradition.... Remembering Munir Niazi
Munir Niazi: complete poet of our times
A baby boy born in the obscure village of Khanpur near Hoshiarpur on April 9, 1928, had to migrate to the promised land of Pakistan when he was still 19 and his family settled down in Sahiwal. The trauma of displacement, in the mass migration ...