Bulleh Shah (1680-1758): Leading light of Punjab
Bulleh Shah (1680-1758) and Mir Taqi Mir (1723-1810) shared the same time and space - eighteenth century Northern India - and were amongst the major poets of their respective languages. They had both lived during the time just before the proliferation of the printing press, ... The Learning of Punjabi by Punjabi Muslims
The colonial privileging of Urdu reinforced by Pakistan's nation building demands has resulted in the downgrading of the Punjabi language. Although it is the mother tongue of the Punjabi Muslim community, it has been relegated to the language of 'the home. ' This article ... Why Punjabi Should be the medium of education
APNA firmly believes that the medium of education in West Punjab's government schools must be immediatly changed from Urdu to Punjabi. Here are some of the reasons why have we come to this conclusion: ...Elegies of nature and mother tongue
I consider Najam Hussain Syed's writings on literary criticism to be his greatest contribution to Punjabi literature though his literary work, comprising 22 books, covers other subjects like poetry and drama as well. ....The Right to Learn In Your Mother Tongue
If one goes to an elitist English-medium school and meets the principal, or whoever condescends to grant an audience, one finds out that one's mother tongue - assuming one is a Pakistani - is held in supreme contempt. I once asked a certain principal whether Punjabi children ...Singer Bindrakhia Dead
Internationally renowned Punjabi folk singer Surjeet Bindrakhia (43) died in his sleep at his residence here early this morning. The singer was suffering from a health problem for almost an year now and was said to have died of a heart attack. According to his family members...Baba Sheikh Farid Shakargang
She without an S
Characterisation of 'woman' in Punjabi literature is unique in more than one ways. For instance, she is portrayed as the lover rather than the beloved -- the ma'shooq of Persian ghazal; she is described as a member of the female collective -- trinjan or aatan;... In Recognition of his Characters
A RECIPIENT of the Jnanpith Award for 1999, Gurdial Singh, a contemporary Punjabi novelist, is a storyteller par excellence. Story telling is, indeed, not just an art or a craft, but an entire way of life with him. It is no coincidence that his own life reads somewhat ...REVIEW: In good company
There is a pristine naivete about Punjabi poetry that makes it at once endearing and coy. Like the land of the five rivers itself, the language also greets you with open arms. The idiom is homely informal, the content primeval and the images they evoke are rooted deep ...