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Tragic Song Of Punjab

GS Aujla The Tribune, Sep 15, 2025 CELEBRATED singer Diljit Dosanjh’s Punjabi song, “Ravi ton Chenab puchhda, kee haal hai Satluj da?”, sums up the romance of Punjab’s…

Why The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre Took Place

‘Why Savagery at Jallianwala Bagh Amritsar (1919)?’ by Jagdish Chander Joshi is a meticulous excavation of this tragedy and its meanings Harish Jain The Tribune, Jan 28, 2026…

The Ghadar Movement

The movement deserves renewed attention, and this book is a worthy spark Harish Jain The Tribune, Jun 11, 2025 IST The Ghadar Movement: A Forgotten Struggle by Rana…

The Letter That Bhagat Singh Wrote

Two years before he penned ‘Why I Am An Atheist’, a letter to his friend Amar Chand reveals a young revolutionary in transition — marked by emotional vulnerability,…

Rafi The Sultan Of Playback Singing

Harjap Singh Aujla The Tribune, Dec 28, 2025 IST BORN in the dusty village of Kotla Sultan Singh in Amritsar district on Christmas Eve in 1924, Mohammed Rafi…

Bhagat Singh To Students

On his birth anniversary, it is fitting to recall not only the image of Bhagat Singh walking to the gallows, but also his voice, his message Harish Jain…

An Accent That Survived Partition

DP Singh The Tribune, Feb 11, 2026 IST I visited Pakistan once to attend a conference. At the time, memories of the Kargil conflict of 1999 and the…

A Village Trip Down Memory Lane

Lt Gen Raj Kadyan retd The Tribune, Jan 23, 2026 IST WHENEVER I visit my ancestral village in Haryana, I walk through the gali that I took on my way…

Migrant Minds And Making Of Lahore Intellectual Modernity

HYPERLINK "https://www.dawn.com/news/1966239/in-spectrum-migrant-minds-and-making-of-lahores-intellectual-modernity"IN SPECTRUM : Migrant minds and making of Lahore’s intellectual modernity Tahir Kamran Published in Dawn, January 11th, 2026 In the latter half of the nineteenth century…

The Figh To Keep Punjab Alive In Pakistan

The fight to keep Punjabi alive in Pakistan Despite being the most spoken language in Pakistan, Punjabi lacks official status, while Urdu and English dominate the legal system,…

Punjabi English And My Regret

Language: Punjabi, English and my regret Ritika Mahajan Times of India The title of this article conveys the opposite of numerous articles that I found online through google…

Language And Identity

Samir Chopra December 9, 2013 My last name is a giveaway: I’m a Punjabi. But I’ve never lived in the Punjab and I have yet to master its language. The story of…

Importance Of Punjabi Language

Posted Date: 12-10-2020Posted By: Sadda Pind Punjabi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by over 100 million people worldwide, primarily in the Punjab region of South Asia. It is…

Rebel English Academy By Mohammed Hanif

This funny and subversive novel reckons with life under martial law in late-70s Pakistan Yagnishsing Dawoor The Guardian, Mon 2 Feb 2026 Mohammed Hanif’s novels address the more…

Ganga Ram The Father Of Lahore

Ganga Ram: The Father of Modern Lahore by: Mustafa-ur-Rehman April 26, 2022  General Post Office (GPO) Lahore The Lahore as we all know and love, is the crown jewel…

Restoring Punjab's Groundwater Balance

HYPERLINK "https://www.dawn.com/news/1973613/agriculture-restoring-punjabs-groundwater-balance"AGRICULTURE: Restoring Punjab's groundwater balance Chaudhary Mohammad Ashraff | Khalid Saeed Wattoo  February 16, 2026   PUNJABS agricultural sector is increasingly dependent on groundwater, with withdrawals now exceeding the…

Why Sikhs Celebrate The Festival Of Baisakhi

Anshu Malhotra On the festival of Baisakhi, celebrated usually on April 13, Sikhs the world over will joyously wear yellow saffron colors, symbolizing spring harvest and the solar new…

Ik Hor Pul Sirat

Ik Hor PulSirat: A Journey Through Fire, Borders, And Betrayal A gripping tale of love, loss, and illegal migration, Ik Hor PulSirat explores the perilous journey to America…

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