Politics and politicians herd us like sheep into a protective ‘national’ net that restricts and exploits us rather than allow us to utilise our strengths. …
ACUTELY aware of hunger and poverty around the globe, Dr. Norman Ernest Borlaug dedicated himself to a life of service to humanity. He was trained like most other
Princess Bamba Sutherland, eldest daughter of Maharaja Daleep Singh, lived like an alien in her father’s kingdom, writes Kanwarjit Singh Kang…
Throughout the travails of time, men have been inspired by countless tales of bravery, intrepidity and chivalry. None evokes such raw rush of emotions as the story of
The human psyche has a unique fascination for tradition and history, whether oral or written. But nothing is more evocative than tactile history – when a tangible object
Most of my childhood and teenage years were spent in my Nana Jan’s house located at Lodge Road in Old Anarkali. It was an old but large house,
Chiniot – the name is enough to start the furniture lovers, travelers and cautiously curious dreaming. Antiquity is the first message of the town. And, international quality furniture
While the city is busy in celebrating Dussehra today, it is very sad that many had forgotten the national hero who sacrificed his life for the freedom of
ON A midwinter afternoon in 1928, pistol shots rang out in the heart of Lahore. They were aimed at an assistant superintendent of police, J.P. Saunders. He wasn’t
Gateways to the Past (Gates of Lahore) The city of Lahore has seen many remarkable ages and dynasties, and in the narrow lanes of the old city you
For some people in India and Pakistan, Partition is destined to remain an obsession. This is particularly true of Punjabis, who witnessed some of the worst horrors of
Punjab must be genuinely proud of its great son Mohammad Rafi, who was born in a non-descript hamlet in a remote rural area of Amritsar district. Starting from
When Shauna Singh Baldwin was born, her mother received telegrams, and they all said pretty much the same thing: poor thing, you had a girl. Don’t worry, next
Amritsar, October 14 ( Bharatsandesh news )– Professor A.S. Brar, Vice-Chancellor of Guru Nanak Dev University, Prof. Raghbir, Dean, Academic Affairs & Registrar, Faculty members, Students, Teachers' Association.
“God is the friend of silence. Trees, flowers, grass grow in silence. See the stars, moon, and sun, how they move in silence.”,…
The Prisoner's Song, a 20-min documentary directed by Los Angeles filmmaker Michael Singh, was selected Best Film at seventh Spinning Wheel Film Festival that concluded in Toronto on
Litterateurs and artists can play a vital role for ushering in south asian peace. This was stated by an octogenarian writer, S. Gurdit Singh Kang while releasing the
The meeting of the jury for the Anad Kav Sanman 2009 took place in Delhi on 25th October 2009. The jury members for the award, Shri M.K Raina,
I feel a connection and an intense admiration for Mr. Tridivesh Singh, though I’ve never met him. Mr. Singh, a former student of Prof. Akbar Ahmed, refers to
PICK up any Urdu textbook and the chances are that it will endorse the following myths: (a) the term ‘Urdu’ means military camp. Our language is called ‘Urdu’
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Nirupama Dutt is a well-known Punjabi poet, a senior journalist (English and Punjabi) and a first-rate translator. She co-edited with Ajit COllI an anthology of poetry Our Voices
The summer of 1930 occasioned a meeting of two extraordinary minds – Rabindranath Tagore and Albert Einstein – in Caputh, Germany. Einstein reserved the highest admiration for Tagore
Stories of helpless rural women. ….
Igot to know Abdus Salam when we were students in Government College, Lahore, in the early 1940s. We both lived in the New Hostel; he was a year
Like any other classic work of literary significance, Heer Waris Shah has acquired diverse and different answers to this question. The diversity of the answers depends on the
The Sufi Council was formed in October 2006 with the aim of popularizing pristine Sufi music and disseminating Sufi thought among..
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
Ravi Taneja has directed 25 plays and performed in 1,200 in 37 years From local Ramlilas to being hailed as a sensitive actor by critics, Ravi Taneja has
"Hath leke hathiyar Jad nikale Chamaar Pher vekheyo pataka kiven paoo mitro Aj dekhde panga keda layoo mitro".
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
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
Translated from Hindi into Punjabi by Javed Boota; pp 776; Price Rs700 (hb); Publishers, Suchet Kitab Ghar, Chowk Ganga Ram Hospital, Lahore. …
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,
"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
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
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
Anhey Gorhey da Daan ਅੰਨ੍ੇ ਘੋੜੇ ਦਾ ਦਾਨ (Alms of the Blind Horse) a film in Punjabi directed by Gurvinder Singh and based on the novel of the
Even the title is a pick-me-up: animated, garrulous, entertaining and breaking an unwritten rule (since when were three exclamation marks welcomed in poetry?). Daljit Nagra's 2007 debut,. …
Thirty five years after the partition and two wars between India and Pakistan; in the year 1982 the melody queen, Malika-e-Tarannum Noorjehan visited India. It was certainly a
The first interesting thing about this book is that it is written by Roop Dhillon (Real name Rupinderpal Singh Dhillon), an Englishman. Roop was born in England, lives
The rich strains of eastern music have for centuries wafted across the rooftops of old Lahore. Now you might hear something new: jazzy riffs and a bossa nova
'Can I ever return home?' Pakistan has changed radically since Moni Mohsin left for London 15 years ago. While part of her yearns to go back, she's appalled
Just a few months earlier when Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani first mentioned the idea of a Seraiki province, the PML-N ignored his words as political rhetoric. –
Between Raj Kapoor’s Khush Rang Hina and Hina Rabbani Khar, my Indian friends have essentially been busy in showing off parts of Pakistan that sell to the Indian
Roop Dhillon’s ‘Bharind’ Roop Dhillon is not a writer. He is an artist. The words one reads, the sentences structured are surreal, rebellious, and against the laws of
“Mani Kaul could only see the opening sequence of the film which I edited with my editor at his house. He was waiting for me to come and
WE were born with Punjabi duets heard during social and family occasions such as weddings, engagement ceremonies, births of children etc. In a typical rural setting, two sisters
The dashing, debonair Indian actor Shammi Kapoor, who has died of renal failure aged 79, changed the face of Bollywood cinema with his first hit film, Tumsa Nahin
What about children`s literature? DAWN in its editorial on Oct 6 commented on children’s literature that “while literature was reasonably available in Urdu and even English by Pakistani
It has always been observed that any particular pinching question which exposes the political party of the minister or the leader, addressing a press conference is either ignored
It was the year 1956. A year earlier I had been released from prison after over four years of detention in connection with the Rawalpindi Conspiracy case. I
Little is known of Pandit K. Santanam, the man who first bared the horrors of Jallianwala Bagh massacre to the world and who, despite being a conservative Iyengar
Administrator, diplomat, encyclopaedist, historian, hunter, interpreter of Sikh scriptures, tennis player, tutor to an heir apparent and scholar, Bhai Kahan Singh of Nabha was, indeed, a Renaissance man,
was in born in 1926 in Amritsar (Ambarsar in common Punjabi), but my father who was an engineer in the M.E.S. was posted in Bareilly (U.P.) and I
Once on a visit to Pakistan, I went to see its largest bookstore, Ferozesons, in Lahore. It was a large hall crammed with in Urdu and English. I
J yoti Nooran is amazing. What a singing voice she is blessed with. How lovely she appears when she sings. There is her great grandmother Nooran in her
“It is a long battle, the battle of changing mindsets,” Gursharan Singh, who has died aged 82, once said of his theatre movement. It exhausted some, some drifted
Punjab has its vibrant revolutionary tradition starting with Bhagat Singh. With the death of Gursharan Singh, fondly known as Bhaaji respected brother, a link with this tradition has
Unlike in current times, long, protracted hunger strikes by revolutionary freedom fighters Bhagat Singh and Jatin Das were imbued with a strikingly different ideology, vision and strength of