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Second World Punjabi Conference

Harjap Singh AujlaThere is an old adage that genius is one percent inspiration and ninety nine percent perspiration. No matter how big a person grows, this saying comes true. Today Lata Mangeshkar rules the world. ...

Peace memorials and peace parks

On October 27, 1999 I was returning from Delhi to Stockholm after doing my first round of interviews on the partition of Punjab. When the SAS plane crossed the border into Pakistan the pilot told us to look to the left side below as we were flying over ....

Lata Mangeshkar Gave her best

I am experiencing mixed feelings of immense pleasure and deep sadness in compiling this article. The pleasure is born out of the satisfaction that I am experiencing the nostalgia of a treasure of unparalleled Punjabi music that once flowed from the God ...

Bhai Santa Singh

AS a child I was used to waking up between 6 and 7am. But on one cold early winter morning of 1948, my mother woke me up at about 4:30am, gave me a bath and made my JooRa (a bun of combed and knotted hair worn by the Sikhs)...

Demand for Punjabi Portal on Press Information Bureau

Amritsar4 June : Amritsar Vikas Manch has demanded a Portal in Punjabi on the GOI site Press Information Bureau. In a letter to the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prof. Mohan Singh the Manch Patron stated that one is disappointed to ...

Words are power

Words are strength. Words are power. Everyone knows but not us. We hate words, we hate our languages and result of our hatred is weak base of the country. Just look around our country, especially India, China and Iran. None of these ...

BHAI BHOOMIYA

Guru Nanak Dev ji undertook four long journeys to teach the people the right way to live this life and to achieve oneness with the Lord.  After reforming Sajjan Thug and Noorsha, Guru ji, along with Bhai Mardana, set off for Dacca.  . ...

Krishan Chander and Lahore

My article 'Street theatre in Delhi' dated Saturday, March 31, 2007, evoked strong emotions in India and Pakistan because the veteran writer Krishan Chander's name had been mentioned in connection with the play I saw performed. . ...