Zubair’s Book of Essays
There are few books written in Punjabi as comprehensive and wide-ranging as Wichar Lekh.
Zahid Hassan: Tale of a thirsty land
Zahid Hassan’s recent novel is a step forward in our literary linguistic struggle, an evidence of Punjabi fiction’s resilience and vitality, a must read book
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
Mahmood Awan writes about Film music and songs composed between 1947 and 2006.
Waris Shah:The Fearless Poet (Part 2)
Mahmood Awan continues his exploration of Heer Waris Shah and delves into the verses which were considered too erotic and were not published by some editors. Part 2 of the 250th Year of Heer Waris Shah.
250 Years of Heer Waris Shah (Part 1)
Mahmood Awan explains the magic of the epic of Heer Waris Shah as written and rewritten for over two centuries and how some poets manufactured and added in their verses to make it an Asli tay Waddi Heer
Nain Sukh’s Timeless Lahore
The novel Madho Lal Hussain: Lahore di Vel represents the best of what contemporary Punjabi literature has to offer and Mahmood Awan writes about it in the Dawn
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 of Wazirabad: 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