Gurmeet Kaur: Reclaiming Language
Gurmeet Kaur left her technology career of 25 years to dedicate herself to her Punjabi publication and storytelling project for children
Melodies of Punjab
In his book Punjabi Literature – A Brief Outline published by the Nauka Publishing House in Moscow in1968, I. Serebryakor discusses Punjabi epic legends. He describes the records of Greek historian Arrianos (95-175) about the customs and habits of the local...
Waris Shah:The Fearless Poet (Part 2)
Part 2 of the 250th Year of Heer Waris Shah
250 Years of Heer Waris Shah (Part 1)
The epic as written and rewritten for over two centuries
Nain Sukh’s Timeless Lahore
The novel Madho Lal Hussain: Lahore di Vel represents the best of what contemporary Punjabi literature has to offer
Writing our own stories
Casting a fresh look at the only anthology of female Punjabi fiction writers ever published in Pakistan
Poetry from Soon Sakesar
Ayub Awan made a conscious decision to write in his mother tongue and KeeDi da Aata was his first collection of Punjabi verse
Aasia: Undistorted View
Aasia, a self-taught painter from Wazirabad, does works in the native idiom, with surreal simplicity, intuitive strokes, strong colours and a blissful rawness
Mirza Sahibaan: A Poetic Legend
The Punjabi Adabi Board has published an edited version of Qissa SahibaaN which is exceptional in detail and content, and raises some basic questions about editing and editorial responsibilities
Saeed Bhutta: People’s Chronicler
Kahãni Quartet has set the stage for Saeed Bhutta to evolve into an authentic cultural historian of the land of five rivers