Actor Shyam (1920-1951) who died very young
However, Shyam’s links to Lahore were rooted in deep love. He had married a Muslim from Lahore, Mumtaz Qureshi... SHIRAZ SHARIF HAS A POSITIVE IMPACT
Shiraz Sharif comes from a highly cultured and well mannered Urdu speaking family of India. Like one iconic singer of the yore Talat Mahmood, he speaks very softly with utmost “Adab”. In his childhood he saw some of the ... Postmodern in Punjabi
Annhi Chunnhi di Tikki -Bread of Chaf- is a multilingual but predominantly Punjabi play written in the tradition of folk storytelling. The play is, in fact, a modern reworking of the legend of Kunal, the son of Ashoka the Great. ,...Mehdi Hassan
Mehdi Hassan, who has died aged 84, was the Indian subcontinent's outstanding male exponent of the ghazal, a form of sung Urdu lyric verse, set to the appropriate raga melodies. Urdu poetry, which springs from the Persian, is filled. ....The Politics of Exclusion
It is an insightful essay. I am in broad agreement with Sarmad Sehbai and advance the following points: ...Punjabi-English dictionary launched
KARACHI: A Punjabi-English dictionary, the first of its kind has been published by Dunwoody Press in the U.S. The authors of the dictionary are Kanwal Bashir, an accomplished linguist and educationist, and Abbas Kazmi, a noted,...Gurvinder Singh’s great gift to Punjabi Cinema
Afilm based on Gurdial Singh’s novel Alms for the Blind Horse ('Anhey Ghorey da daan)' is in the news. It has won a number of national and international awards. For the first time, Punjabi cinema has earned such honours. ...APNA's Dinner with Zia Shahid
The clowns of yore were more honourable men in many ways than the ones who rule over us. At the heart of their play-acting was the pleasure of the people..... Chasing Fireflies
Pervaiz Elahi, Chief Minister of Pakistani Punjab, gave Capt. Amarinder Singh, his sarhad-paar counterpart, a horse. The good Captain reciprocated a few months later with a tractor. In the interim, a World Punjabi Conference was . ...The Peacock’ – Screening the Beauty of a Poem
This short film is a refreshing and stunningly beautiful rendition ofAmarjit Chandan‘s Punjabi poem with English translation. Recited in Punjabi by the poet himself, the poem is provided with a captivating visual environment . ...