Recent years have witnessed a renewed interest in Punjabi literature. People of the land of five rivers are going back to roots to derive joy and wisdom from

Dawn Magazine took the debate of adopting the Roman script for Punjabi to Dr Saeed Bhutta, associate professor of Punjabi at the Punjab University. Besides being a teacher

Language is a means of expression. Mother tongue is an inherited language that starts at the stage of mother’s nursing. Babies hear lullabies in their own mother tongue.

Renowned Punjabi publisher and editor of literary magazine Arsee Bhapa Pritam Singh died today at the age of 91 after a prolonged illness. His cremation was attended by

OVER to Lahore it was just a 50-minute flight. Nor does the Samjhauta Express take anything more than 10 hours. And yet, even though being so close, the

Poet, script writer, lyricist. Film director Gulzar, aka Sampuran Singh, is one of the most versatile artistes to leave his mark on cinema as well as literature. Winner

Some people live beyond lifetimes. Shiv Kumar Batalvi is one of them. As the legendary poet’s memory lingered into the 32nd year today, one managed a peek into

Emotions of Friendship, love, and brotherhood between traditional rivals ruled the first day of the test series between India and Pakistan, both inside and outside the stadium. Professing

Pakistani guests dance at a dinner party hosted by the Punjab Chief Minister at Chandigarh Club on Wednesday. Pakistani guests dance at a dinner party hosted by the

NANKANA – Prime Minster Shaukat Aziz has promised to welcome 10 buses from Amritsar to Nankana Sahib on the occasion of coming Besakhi festival of Sikhs even before

One of twentieth century best-known Indian writers and a major voice against social injustices, Mulk Raj Anand brought the Hindi heartland alive for English readers as few others

. Raja MohanWhile the Indian and Pakistani teams slug it out at Mohali, the Punjabis and their many brethren from across the border will have a ball inside

Beyond 'Hindu' and 'Muslim': Dara Shikoh, eldest son of the Mughal Emperor of India, Shah Jahan, and heir apparent to his throne, was born near Ajmer in 1615

I remember strangers were walking around in our locality of Mozang, some standing in front of houses and shops. Some of them had beards and turbans but most

The Punjabi literature produced on both sides of the Punjab border since partition is surprisingly equally robust and of a matching and complementary high quality. This is in

VISUALIZE the following scene: a gorgeous, voluptuous heroine, naively ignorant of her winning advantages, and a prey to gnawing doubts and gloomy misgivings, allows herself to be sneeringly

LAHORE: Behind the Lahore Fort exists a world of its own. A walk in the area can lead you to the akhara of famous pehlwans, a gaggle of

Speaking the same language is so much an idiomatic nicety to describe similarity of views as it is an indication of how endangered lingual diversity is across the

Was it a blessing in disguise OR he indeed had a personal crush on the Punjabi Arts OR it was the kind auspices of mere luck (though short

LAHORE, Feb 11: Speakers at a seminar on Friday paid rich tributes to Hazrat Baba Fariduddin Shakarganj urging the people to follow his example of shunning hypocrisy….

Tamil and Punjabi are the only two Indian languages which have been given official recognition abroad. In Singapore, Tamil, along with Malay, Chinese and English, is one of

2004 was certainly a dream year, if not a dream come true, for Punjabi writers and activists. After neglecting Punjabi language for more than 57 years since partition,

Our literature is our pride, the finest thing we have created as a nation. In it is all our philosophy; it bears the impress of great flights of

LAHORE, Feb 5: Basant hysteria gripped the city when 24-hour festivities began early on Saturday evening with hundreds of thousands of kites dotting the sky in spite of

LAHORE, Pakistan, Feb. 6 – Defying a chilly night, a bitter drizzle and the reprimands of the mullahs, Pakistanis broke loose this weekend in a boisterous annual rite

I always found it difficult to imagine a world where there would be no Madam Nur Jehan, but the unthinkable came to pass as the year 2000 was

Why is Punjab ready for peace? The writer is Director, Program on Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution, Department of International Relations,University of Karachi.. ….

The Smithsonian Institution is the world's largest museum complex and research organization. Composed of 16 museums and the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., and 2 museums in New

I have just returned from Lahore, still dazed by the experience. Its people tell me, "We will also visit your country one day and be India's guests." …

LAHORE, Sept 1: Socio-economic cooperation between two provinces of Punjab of Pakistan and India can help accelerate political and economic cooperation between the two countries….

Devinder Satyarthi, the wandering dervish of the Punjab and a folklorist, died at the age of 95 in Delhi on 12 February 2003. A legend in his own

I have known litterateur Santokh Singh Dhir for early five years now. Most of you would have known him perhaps for fifty. But the maximum recall picture we

When I wrote about this man, I had a rather simple challenge to face. Too many of my friends in Chandigarh refused to believe such a man existed.

WHAT made Lahore the legendary city was its multi-cultural and multi-religious heritage having been the kingdom of Hindus, Mughals and the Sikhs as well as a prized city

MY grandfather was in the prime of his bureaucratic career in Lahore in 1919, a momentous year in the political history of the South Asian subcontinent. I have

Punjabi Akademi, Delhi was set up in 1981 with a specific purpose of promoting Punjabi language, literature and culture. During these twenty-five years, the Akademi has organised scores

WHEN freedom bells tinkled a little less than six decades ago, Punjab, the whole of Punjab of five rivers was soaked in gore and blood. The land when

At a ceremony at the House of Commons of the UK last evening, organisations and individuals, who have made outstanding contribution to Punjabi art, literature, sports and values

We zip down from Lahore on the smooth Sheikhupura-Faisalabad highway for all of 55 km, before taking a left turn to head for Nankana Sahib …

With a Shah Mohammad Festival dedicated to Sardar Majithia on the anvil, its time Punjab remembered the poet from Amritsar who wrote Jangnama an eyewitness account of the

It is difficult for a non-Punjabi, and specially for a person who is not aware of even the ABC of Punjabi, to reach to the heart of classical

Wajood or shahood? I was utterly dejected when I alighted from the train that took me to Delhi from Amritsar last week. The railway platform was disgustingly dirty.

Waris Shah. a name to be reckoned with in the tradition of Punjabi qissa poetry, is best known for his seminal work 'Heer', considered one of the quintessential

Born in 1538 into a weaver family, a fact he never felt ashamed of, Shah Husayn received his early education in a mosque as was the tradition. At

With his stunning portrayal of Devdas, Saigal brought the author Saratchandra’s desperate character to life. His brooding looks, that drooping lock of hair and his mournful singing Dukh

We the writers, poets and intellectuals of the national languages of Pakistan feel that we are culturally rich because of the great intellectual traditions and spiritual heritage of

Unquiet:The Life and Times of Makhan Singh is published in March 2006 by Awaaz in collaboration with the Kenya Human Rights Commission. Itis available at Sh1,200 at Simple

Punjabi Mushaira in Germany,…

Comedy does not let off steam; it picks up a situation or value, shears it of its seriousness and grandeur and puts it on the low shelf with

LAHORE, JAN 25: Journalist Zafaryab Ahmad died of cardiac arrest here on Wednesday. He was 53. Mr. Zafaryab, during his career as journalist, had served the daily Dawn,

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has said that the establishment of the Punjab Institute of Language, Art and Culture would make up for a long-existing deficiency

The trial run of the Amritsar-Nankana bus was described as successful by Indian and Pakistan authorities on Friday. The bus carrying 12 Indian government officials reached Nankana Sahib

There was a time in Lahore in the early 50s when publishing a Punjabi book, establishing a Punjabi organization of a few diehard Punjabi writers, bringing out a

Cognitive abilities developed through early schooling in the mother tongue could go a long way in enabling the child to subsequently pick up other languages, even other subjects,

Aj aakhan Waris Shah noon . The writings of Amrita Pritam are the voice of silent but smoldering sobs of many a woman of our male-dominated society. Her

Spiritually significant to Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs alike, Kabeer is an important figure in 15th century India. The mystical poet raises the voice of truth. Philosophical in nature,

The film is about an Indian Punjabi called Veer Pratap Singh (Shahrukh Khan) who falls in love with a Pakistani called Zaara Hayat Khan (Preity Zinta). Veer is

Virasat Foundation and Punjabi Sath, Lambra, Punjab organized a celebration to release the memorial book of well-known Punjabi scholar Dr. Prem Prakash Singh. Bhupinder Malhi, president of Virasat

When a grown-up Waris Shah met his boyhood religious teacher, Hafiz Ghulam Murtaza Kasuri was angry with the young poet. The maulana complained that he was proud of

Amrita Pritam, renowned for her Punjabi poetry and fiction, passed away on October 31, 2005. Her death is widely mourned all over the world. She had been living