Kitab Trinjan: Story of the Punjabi Bookshop
The story began in Mian Chambers, 3 – Temple Road, Lahore in February 1998, when I was searching for books by Najm Hosain Syed.
Punjabi Newspaper: Sajjan for everyone
Sajjan was launched on February 3, 1989 from Lahore with a meagre amount of Rs1,76,606 from ordinary Punjabi lovers. All the staff except a few office workers was voluntary and without allowances or perks.
Abid Ameeq: A Symbol of Freedom
Ameeq is a teacher, activist, critic and essayist. He is one of the most original and low profile writers of Punjabi — a master. But for me he has always been a poet foremost as that’s how I came to know him.
Punjabi Language in exile
A language can survive in exile. But what about a language that has been exiled by its own people and by its own state?
Zubair’s stories that never end
Zubair Ahmad is a poet, essayist, critic and short story writer. He is one of the most credible names of contemporary Punjabi fiction on both sides of the border
My Subject of War, The Pity of War
When so much is happening around, poetry can’t stay on the sidelines. It has to confront not only its own lyrical sweetness but the standard tools of writing
Idris Babur’s Yunhi
A set of metaphors and acute expressions that are fresh and contemporary
BBC Urdu Review of Veeni Likhia Din
Mahmood Awan’s 2nd book of Poetry ‘Veeni Likhia Din’ reviewed by Anwer Sen Roy for BBC Urdu
Mushtaq Soofi Reviews Veeni Likhia Din
Mushtaq Soofi reviews Mahmood Awan’s 2nd book of Punjabi ‘Veeni Likhia Din” for the Dawn, Pakistan