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STIFF COMPETITION AMONGST

Thirty years ago, when I came to America, there was no Asian Indian television channel in this country. There of course were some local Indian TV programmes in New York. One was  known as ITV, one was Asian Variety Show...

Dangers of making more provinces

This is with reference to Aurangzeb Khan’s letter ‘Naming province on settlers’ (May 19). Twisting history to support one’s own argument seems to be almost like our second nature. ...

Visit to the Holy city by a muddled mind

I was in two minds whether I should write this Post about our second visit to the Holy City-Amritsar- or not. Because Ghumakkar had already published quite a few stories about Golden Temple, and the journey from Delhi to Amritsar, with,...

An ill-starred Maharaja

THIS book offers the blighted, tragic and pathetic life story of Maharaja Duleep Singh, his two wives and six children. The work is elegantly produced and profusely illustrated with over 250 rare photographic images culled from diverse. ....

Silver Coin Hoard from Bhalur East Punjab

Bhalur is a small village in Moga district of East Punjab, situated some 25 kilometres southwest of the district headquarter. A month back the local inhabitants planned to build a new Gurdwara in memory of Bhai Des Raj, the founder of the village ...

Musings of Mir Tanha Yousufi about Punjab

1: Everybody knows meanings of the word “Punjab”, which is a compound made as: Punj [=5] + [A(a)b, Persian for Water], hence the land covering 5 rivers in North Western Indian Sub-continent.,...

Melting borders

“Virsa", a Punjabi movie that blends Indian and Pakistani talents, is the toast of Karachi, Mumbai and Melbourne these days. ...

SAARC nations : South Asian University

New Delhi:To reverse brain drain, provide an academic opportunity in the subcontinent and promote a sense of South Asian community, a plan first mooted in 2005 is finally and quietly taking shape — in the form of the first truly.....

Punjabi film Virsa premiered in Sydney

The sounds of Dhol reverberated the Westfield in Parramatta heralding the premier of Punjabi film Virsa at the Events theatre 7 on Sunday 2 May 2010. A procession led by lead actor of the film Aaryan Babbar and well known. ...

Winners of 2008 literary awards announced

ISLAMABAD, May 7: Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) Chairman Fakhar Zaman announced on Friday the names of the national literary award winners for best books published and translated in Pakistani languages during 2008.. ...