The rise of militant Islamic fundamentalism in conjunction with geo-political conflicts in different parts of the non-Western world has become the major focus of media and scholarly comment for the last few decades. What is being lost …

A special meeting of the Sarv Bharati Likhari Sabha- International was held on 6th October, in the Committee Room of the Punjabi Bhawan, Ludhiana. Prominent amongst a large number of literary celebrities of Punjab, who participated in the meeting were Mrs Swaranjit . …

Lyrical sweetness – the magic touchstone of poetry – found a permanent home in Punjabi poetry more than a millennium ago. While Baba Farid (1173-1266) wrote most of his Punjabi poetry in the melodious two-line metre of dohras, many major Punjabi poets that followed …

Renowned Punjabi dramatist and short story writer, Balwant Gargi, was cremated here today. He died in Mumbai last night after prolonged illness. He was 87. He left behind his son and daughter.The body of the Sahitya Akademi winning writer was ….

Ustad Daman was last seen on the funeral of Faiz Ahmad Faiz on November 20, 1984. He appeared terribly ill but he had managed to make it to Model Town to attend the funeral in a rickshaw. Although the mourners were visibly shocked by Faiz’s death but whoever saw …

The Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, and , January 11, 2003. 1.Program Notes. 2.Opening Remarks – Safir Rammah. 3.Article – Washington Post – January 13, 2003…

2002 was another year of continued progress for Punjabi language and literature. While in Pakistan, the large number of Punjabi writers, activists, research scholars and various forms of publications have clearly reached a critical mass , the quality and quantity of Punjabi literature …

The activists of the Punjabi movement want Punjabi to be used for educational, administrative, and judicial purposes in the province of the Punjab. As the Punjab is the most populous and prosperous province of the country, notorious for its dominance in the army…

Punjabi is the mother tongue of the majority of people in Pakistan. According to 1981 census, the last census for which the figures are available, Punjabi (including Saraiki, Hindko and other variations) is the “commonly spoken in the household” language …

Whatever little Punjabi poetry Faiz wrote proves the point that the real concerns of the masses can be conveyed only in their mother tongue
Faiz is and remains the most outstanding Urdu poet of the second half of the last century. During the last few years of his life, …