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Makhan Singh, the family man

It gives me a great pleasure to stand here today and pay homage and tribute to my father, Makhan Singh, on behalf of his family, especially my brothers Hindpal Singh Jabbal and Sawrajpal Singh Jabbal. Shiraz ...

Ram Sarup Aņkhi

Ram Sarup Aņkhi, who has died aged 78, was a prolific Punjabi writer with 15 novels and eight story books and five collections of poems to his credit. ...

Tête-à-tête : Reaching for roots

THAT's Amarjit Chandan, the celebrated poet rooted in Punjabi soil—its chaste language and ethos—yet spanning continents, the universe, the timeless zone. Living in the UK, where his poetry is etched in a 40-feet-long...

Moti Masjid (The Pearl Mosque) Lahore

Moti Masjid is a well known historical mosque of Mughal era, located near the Alamgiri Gate, the main entrance to the Lahore fort on the western side. It is very close to other splendid structures of Lahore fort, ‘the Shish ...

Abdus Salam the Punjabi

I co-ordinated World Punjabi Conference held in Coventry in April 1984. It was the first ever academic meet on the theme of Punjabi nationality and identity. Mulk Raj Anand and Professor Attar Singh participated among others ...

Tribute to greatness

"To this day I remain in awe of what my late father achieved in such a short space of time, and the impact he had on so many lives, in so many ways,” says Ahmad Salam, son of Dr Abdus Salam, on the website of Kailoola.....

PAÑJĀ SĀHIB, GURDWĀRĀ

PAÑJĀ SĀHIB, GURDWĀRĀ, at Hasan Abdāl (33º -48'N, 72º -44'E) in Attock (or Campbellpore) district of West Punjab, is sacred to Gurū Nānak, who briefly stopped here on his way back to the Punjab from his ...

Threat to India ’s food security

INDIA witnessed unprecedented food production in the 1970s and the 1980s, and this phenomenon was dubbed as the Green Revolution. The country was transformed from a food-deficient nation to a food-sufficient nation. . ...