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Abid Ameeq: A Symbol of Freedom

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.

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Stories that never end

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

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My Subject of War

My Subject 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

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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

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Voice of the Salt Range

Mahmood Awan

Punjabi Poet & Author