Mahmood Awan’s Songs of Exile
In his latest collection of poems Mahmood Awan captures the zeitgeist of present day Punjab
Punjabi Resistance: A response to Mahmood Khan Achakzai
The story of Punjabi resistance, narrated through five legends, in response to Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party (PMAP) chief Mahmood Khan Achakzai’s diatribe
Baba Nanak: The spiritual poet
Baba Nanak consistently displayed a forceful rejection of unjust authority and a love for the downtrodden through his many renderings
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
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
Mahmood Awan’s poems
No doubt good poetry has always been a rarity and still is. It’s like a serendipitous gift of vigorous whisperings in a world littered with cacophonous wreckage. Such is Mahmood Awan’s poetry we find in his new book “Sejal” published by Sanjh Publications, Lahore.
Sejal Book Launch Report
A Punjabi poetry collection titled ‘Saijal’ by Mehmood Awan was launched at the Punjab Institute of Language, Art and Culture on Wednesday.
Reclaiming Punjabi
As the world celebrates the Mother Tongue day, let’s admit that we have failed to make Punjabi language an issue for the common people of the Punjab or its political parties