Publishing Activities Slowed Down last year
The year 2008 was not good for the Punjabi publishers, both of books and magazines, on many counts. The first and the most important factor was the starting high prices of paper and other printing materials. Not only had... Interview with Anne Murphy
Dr. Anne Murphy is chair of Punjabi Language, Literature and Sikh Studies department at the University of British Columbia (UBC). Dr. Harjot Oberoi occupied that chair before her. Anne doesn’t limit herself only... BOOK REVIEW: A Revolutionary’s Tale
Chains to Lose: Life and Struggles of a Revolutionary (Memories of Dada Amir Haider Khan) I & II; Edited By Hasan N. Gardezi
Pakistan Study Centre, University of Karachi ,...Invented Landscapes
The colour of the earth is a yellow-gold. Auburn shadows fall on frail trees that elegantly sway with the breeze. Patches of dark green make the suggestion of a wild forest. The sky is filled with clouds and looks dark and promising. . ....Manjit Bawa
We – Manjit Bawa and I – had an association which went back by about 31 years. I first approached him to do a poster for Mani Kaul's Satah Se Uthata Aadmi (Arising from the Surface) towards the fag end of 1979....Language and politics
THE significance of language in individual and societal lives is vital. It’s one of the important cultural expressions that act as an identity marker. With the passage of time the socio-political aspects of language were brought to light by,...Sagas of Partition
IN the Indian subcontinent, no historical event has left a greater impact then Partition. The vivisection of the country continues to find an echo in the collective minds of the people of this region even 60 years later. ...Shaheed Udham Singh (1899-1940)
Udham Singh, a revolutionary nationalist, was born Sher Singh on 26 December 1899, at Sunam, in the then princely state of Patiala. His father, Tahal Singh, was at that time working as a watchman on a railway crossing in ..... Changing mindsets
One might cry out, humanity is dead if there was any, in disgust and disbelief after going through the events of the partition of the subcontinent. It is hard to believe that hatred and instinctual savagery can derive men to the edge. ...Poetry of revolt
Habib Jalib’s poetry, along with that of Faiz, was invoked in the recent pro-democracy agitation in Pakistan. He visited London twice — first in the summer of 1988 when his collected works were launched. He was in his element and. ...