Madan Gopal Singh on Tufail Niazi
Rajkumari Anita Singh of Kapurthala had organized his trip to perform at the wedding of Uma Vasudev's daughter. It was here that Anita Singh heard me sing for the first time and announced somewhat patronisingly that I too... Smiles and dreams
For much of the past decade, negative mentioning of Pakistan and Pakistanis has been the norm in Washington. It was, therefore, a refreshing break to witness a select gathering of a cross-section of Washington luminaries to acknowledge ... Straying with Ahmad Farāz
Idid this interview in Punjabi with the Urdu poet Ahmad Farāz for my book Humsukhan – conversations with fellow writers which never saw the light of the day. Farāz used to be in London in transit to western Europe and North,...Inheritance of loss
ON a balmy afternoon under the monsoon sky in Atalahn village in Punjab’s Ludhiana district, four elderly men sitting under a banyan tree are animatedly discussing Urdu. “A beautiful language, with nuances neither Hindi nor . ....The first and foremost populist duo music composers
Chup chup kharey ho jaroor koyee baat hei, pehli mulaqaat hei jee pehli mulaqaat hei’ sung by Lata Mangeshkar & Premlata for film ‘Bari Behan’ in the year 1949 was certainly one of the most popular melodies of its time ...The genius of film-making named: Kidar Sharma
A painter, photographer, story-writer, poet, lyricist, dialogue-writer, director, editor, producer and above all a Masters in English literature from Punjab University; the genius of the last century cannot be other than -the one ,...Saving Our Music
Bade Ghulam Ali Khan of Kasur fled to India and became a citizen in 1958 because Pakistanis had little interest in music. Nehru requested him to move and Morarjibhai Desai gave him a bungalow in South Bombay, but what really ...REVIEW: The Punjabi Narrative
Although he is nearly 73, there is something in his personality that makes you realise that time has been quite benevolent to him. He looks still young, energetic and full of life...... Coalition govt must help curb price hike
Coalition govt must help curb price hike. ...Tale of two cities
Tales of Two Cities sets out to tell that story — of independence, of upheaval and migration and of new beginnings — through the eyes of two observers, whose families were uprooted and who were . ...