In spite of her 85 years, Kamini Kaushal was exceptionally eloquent as she shared her phenomenal down-the-memory-lane fund of stories about Lahore …
A Lahore-based NGO, Friends of Ganga Ram (FGR) has observed the death anniversary of Sir Ganga Ram, an Indian philanthropist and agriculturist, at his samadhi in Samadhi Ganga
Dara Singh Randhawa, who has died aged 84, was a wrestler turned film actor. He started as a professional wrestler before he went into Hindi films in 1962.
The current proxy rally for the creation of so-called Mohajir Sooba in Karachi, recalled me the intimidation by one of the desperadoes (Faisal Sabzwari) of the racist UPites
Ypres (now Ieper) is a town in the Province of West Flanders. The Memorial is situated at the eastern side of the town on the road to Menin
Few would have expected that the India-Pakistan commerce secretary-level talks in April 2011 would pave the way for such a drastic shift in the economic relationship between the
A famous octogenarian wrestler turned film actor Dara Singh has left for his heavenly abode on Thursday July 12, 2012 at around 7:30am Indian Standard Time at his
The beautiful Indian film industry actress of yesteryears, Shyama now lives a reclusive life in Mumbai, but in her heyday, she was a much sought after artiste. She
Bombayaa films’ original superstar Rajesh Khanna, who has died aged 69, was the man who sparked a frenzy never seen before and never since, not even by the
Marsha Singh, who has died aged 57 after a lengthy period of ill-health, steered a successful course through the complexities of Bradford politics to hold the city's West
Its official – Punjabi is the fastest growing language in Australia , Hinduism is the fastest growing religion, and Sikhism is among the top 20 religions practiced in
RAJESH KHANNA (1942–2012) Rajesh Khanna, one of the all time great heroes of the Indian film industry is no more. Born in the old walled section of the
Fauja Singh, the greatest Punjabi Sikh sports personality alive, was carrier of the Olympic Torch through the streets of east London on 21 July 2012. Fauja Singh, who
Since times immemorial India was famous amongst its North Western neighbors as a land of plenty and opportunity. From the Aryans of Central Asia to Alexander the Great
“I do not have much of memories of my father, perhaps the time was bitter then, said famous Urdu writer Sadat HasanManto’s elder daughter Nigha,…
Bhagat Singh is considered to be born on September 28, 1907 in Jaranwala Tehsil in the Lyallpur (now Faisalabad), Punjab, British India (now Pakistan). He was born in
Since times immemorial India was famous amongst its North Western neighbors as a land of plenty and opportunity. From the Aryans of Central Asia to Alexander the Great
The announcement was made by Imran Khan chief of Tehreek-e-Insaaf Pakistan while responding to a question put forward by Nazeer Kahut convener Punjabi Language Movement-Pakistan that interrupted his
Lahore:he city government’s plan to rename Fawara Chowk in Shadman after Bhagat Singh, the pre-Independence Indian freedom fighter, has been put on hold after it drew objections from.
THE first Dalit hero in Punjabi fiction stepped out of the pages of Gurdial Singh's first novel Marhi da Diva (translated into English as The Last Flicker) in
Historians, political scientists, propagandists, politicians, poets and writers have for decades churned out about the partition of the Punjab in 1947. This volume is the latest. …
Lahore:Tuesday,Nov 20,2012.Shafqat Tanvir Mirza (STM)a prominent Pakistani Punjabi writer commonly known as encyclopedia of Punjab and One of the most eminent columnist of Pakistan’s leading English newspaper,…
THIS is apropos of the report ( March 22) that instead of moving towards achieving the envisaged target of 100 per cent literacy rate by 2015 Punjab has
Balraj Sahni was a highly talented, sincere and serious actor. He was an actor with the talent for stealing the show and capturing the maximum applause. He was
Goddess Saraswati seems to be looking Ludhiana ’s way this year with the prestigious Saraswati Sammān (awarded annually for outstanding Indian works of prose or poetry) going to
For a community that has experienced such fragmentation through the centuries, the Punjabi identity today is engaged in a remarkably active attempt at consolidation. …
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
On a hot summer afternoon in 1940, a boy of 14 was rushing on his bicycle to his hometown near Jhang, part of present day Pakistan. He covered
The Indus Valley, our home, has a living history since the end of the last Ice Age and the beginning of Human Civilisation. As the Ice receded and
Another People: “A LOVER, A POET AND A MADMAN, all in one,” writes poet and journalist Nirupama Dutt in her introduction to Poet of the Revolution, her recently-published
ISLAMABAD, January 12: Sufi Sangat of twin cities, a group of devotees who wish to promote the great Sufi thoughts of the Sufi poets of the Punjab, in
For as long as there is anyone wanting to explore the Sikh faith through the medium of the English language, Macauliffe's name will live; so will his six
The Social Space of Language: Vernacular Culture in British Colonial Punjab has been written by Farina Mir who teaches History at the University of Michigan. Trained as a
The 16th day of April 1853 is special in the Indian history. The day was a public holiday. At 3:30 pm, as the 21 guns roared together, the
Roop Dhillon's New Novel, "O" I have read and reviewed his work before, and have to admit I was not impressed until I read The Hornet (Bharind) a
Ustad Fate Ali Khan …
EDUCATION is a much talked about issue in today’s Pakistan. Unfortunately it provokes little serious thinking and even less action. I keep hoping that this talk will turn
LAHORE, Pakistan — If ever a squabble over a street name could sum up a nation’s identity crisis, it is happening in Lahore, Pakistan’s cultural capital. Enlarge This
Shafqat Tanvir Mirza, a senior Pakistani journalist, writer and newspaper columnist passed away in Lahore on November 20, 2012. He had been suffering from lung cancer since the
All I wanted was a moment alone, to sit and weep…..
In what turned out to be an investigation of what a region without militarized borders would feel like, I crossed the Wagah border on foot and spent a
Who Speaks Punjabi? Altaf Hussain Asad reports on last month’s World Mother Language Day activities in Lahore and what needs to be done to rid Punjabis of their
Countering opposition to the Punjabi institute …
Pran explained his reluctance to visit Lahore as an emotional matter: he found it difficult to return to a place from where he was once forced to leave
Indian singing legend Shamshad Begum has died in the western city of Mumbai, aged 94.,…
Shamshad Begum, the gramophone goddes, passes away in Mumbai …
I heard about the passing away of Shamshad Begum, quite appropriately, on 'telephoon.' After all, Shamshad was the one who sang into the nation's collective memory with Mere
BAHAWALPUR: In April 2011 Salahuddin Abbasi, the heir to the title of the Nawab of Bahawalpur, launched his Bahawalpur National Awami Party (BNAP). The new party was to
Held on a fine spring afternoon on Saturday April 2013, the 26 th Annual Sikh Day Parade in New York started in a highly festive atmosphere on the
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Sharif`s ancestral village hopes for better Indo-Pak ties …
According to British Writer’s Publication in 1882by G.W. Leitner, Punjab was one of the Most Educated Places in The World Before the British Arrived and took over in
THE Children’s Literature Festival is the best thing that could have happened to the children of Pakistan. Six festivals have already been organised since November 2011 — the
Najam Sethi, after taking over as the care taker chief minister of Punjab, took some measure galvanizing the cultural scene that would have attracted little attention in the
The 16th day of April 1853 is special in the Indian history. The day was a public holiday. At 3:30 pm, as the 21 guns roared together, the
The 16th day of April 1853 is special in the Indian history. The day was a public holiday. At 3:30 pm, as the 21 guns roared together, the
In Waris Shah`s abode. …
Nawaz Sharif has taken over the reins of Pakistan at a time when it is afflicted with multiple problems, the primary ones of course being terrorism and an