Komagata Maru Incident: a new digital perspective
One of the Vancouver Canucks' best prospects is recently signed rookie speedster Prab Rai, a Sikh native of Surrey, BC. But he would have had quite a different experience a century earlier if he had been one of the 356 would-be... Water will unite us again
IN A recent interview, former Punjab chief minister and current Tamil Nadu Governor Surjit Singh Barnala said India’s move to export wheat seeds to Pakistan in 1978 played a considerable role in thawing the relations between the two ... Tête-à-tête : Rooted creative flights
"I am a very simple artist who speaks in the language of pigments." This modest refrain of artist Paramjit Singh may not throw light on his eminence or the significance of his masterly strokes and splendid landscapes. But nothing can,...Radio Jalandhar-Amritsar
I always take pride in mentioning the name of Sardar Kartar Singh Duggal as one of the most accomplished icons of Punjabi literature. He is a story writer, a playwright, an essayist as well as a critic. He has served at high titles in All ....JHOOTHA SACH
Translated from Hindi into Punjabi by Javed Boota; pp 776; Price Rs700 (hb); Publishers, Suchet Kitab Ghar, Chowk Ganga Ram Hospital, Lahore. ...This Is Not That Dawn
Jhootha Sach was serialized almost 50 years ago, by the most popular Hindi magazine then, called Dharmyug. The effect it had was huge: People looked forward eagerly for the next installment. Much of the Hindi reading populace...Needed: A trilateral of northern states
OVER THE past few years, there has been increased, though not substantial, interaction between border provinces like the Punjabs, Rajasthan and Sind and the two Kashmirs. The current UPA dispensation under the aegis of ...The First Law: Sing My Name
"Hath leke hathiyarJad nikale Chamaar
Pher vekheyo pataka kiven paoo mitro
Aj dekhde panga keda layoo mitro".
A Strong Bond With Theatre
Heritage havoc
Punjabi’s grand dame of letters Amrita Pritam had willed that her house in the Capital should be preserved as a memorial to her and that her partner Imroz should live there. However, just five years after her death, it has been sold by her son to. ...