Lahore: Topohilia of Space and Place
It is a mystery as to how a layered city such as Lahore has attracted little scholarship in the past few decades. This is why Anna Suvorova’s book “Lahore -Topohilia of Space and Place” is a major book of our times... A Great Punjabi Surgeon’s Noble Work Honoured
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s documentary film Saving Face won the Oscar for documentary short at the 84th Academy Awards on 26th February 2012. The film follows British plastic surgeon Dr. Mohammad Jawãd, ... Shah Hussain
Shah Hussain (1538-1599) was a native of Lahore. He is one of the finest poets of Punjabi literature. With the most sophisticated diction charged with sufi metaphysics, Shah Hussain constitutes a cosmic discourse where the ,...MAIREY AAPNEY
MAIREY AAPNEY by Sukhdev Sidhu; pp 184; Price Rs250 (pb); Publishers Saanjh Publications, Book Street, 46/2, Mozang Road, Lahore. Email: sanjhpk@yahoo.com Dr Harkirat Singh was a teacher at the Chandigarh. ....World Mother Language Day and Punjabi
United Nations World Mother Language Day is observed on Feb 21, the day Dhaka University students suffered bullet injuries while demonstrating for the recognition of Bangla, their mother language. ...Sukhbir : 1925-2012
Punjabi writer Sukhbir, who has died aged 86, was a distinguished man of letters of modern Punjabi literature. He authored five collections of poetry, five novels and ten collections of short fiction. His first collection of short,...In memoriam: A gentleman and a villain
In one of the rare press interviews that Pran gave after his retirement, he had smilingly admitted, “No one in those days liked to name their son as ‘Pran’.” ...COMMENT : — Dr Ishtiaq Ahmed
Secularism, Indian-style, has its scope for a great deal of unconventional relationships in modern contexts, but in the villages inter-caste and inter-religious marriages are still a taboo ..... Punjabis in Bollywood
Punjabis in Bollywood. ...In praise of … Pran Sikand
Real-life villains end their lives "unwept, unhonoured, and unsung". With the make-believe villains of screen and stage it is often another story, their deaths provoking an outpouring of regret and even love. Such is the case with Pran. ...