Baranmah: A new Punjabi Magazine
The new Punjabi magazine Bara(n)mah, that includes writers from both sides of Punjab as well as the Punjabi diaspora, is a fresh breeze in the literary wilderness of Punjab
Folktales: Undivided Punjab Edition
An analysis of the existential challenge Shahmukhi script of Punjabi is facing in Pakistan
Rai Nasir: Voice of Nankana
Rai Mohammad Khan Nasir’s Punjabi poetry injects refreshing imagery into old folk genres
Amarjit Chandan: Keys of Poetry
Amarjit Chandan’s second full-length bilingual collection is out, where the poems are more grievous and have a strange tinge of sadness
Brecht in Punjabi
Brecht’s poetry, which originates from the folk-song tradition of Germany, has naturally made its way into the open arms of folk-rich Punjabi in Mushtaq Soofi’s translations
Sejal Book Event Reports-Urdu
محمود اعوان کی نئی چھپی کتاب کی تقریب رونمائی 22 اکتوبر کی شام پنجاب انسٹیوٹ آرٹ، لٹریچر انیڈ لیگوئج (پلاک) میں محمود اعوان کی نئی چھپی کتاب’سیجل‘ کی تقریب رونمائی منعقد ہوئی۔ تقریب کی صدرات مشہور دانش ور اور شاعر مشتاق صوفی نے کی۔ اس پروگرام کے لئے اسٹیج سیکڑیری کے...
Khalistan and poetry of 1984
Harbhajan Singh was one of the few Punjabi writers whose work challenged the powers responsible for causing destruction to Punjab and its people
Why Punjabi is Not welcomed in Punjab?
All over the world, native languages are protected and funded by state universities so they can be kept alive. While here in Punjab, existing working structures of Punjabi are being dismantled
Partition of the Punjab (Part 2)
There are not enough creative writings on partition penned in Punjab, especially poetry, and this may be due to guilt infested post-partition trauma that triggered collective amnesia and conscious forgetfulness
Nasreen Bhatti: Note of refusal (P.2)
Shamlaat, Nasreen Anjum Bhatti’s poetry collection published posthumously, has unique tone, texture and trance