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Among humans there are innumerable ways of looking at the world and experiencing it. There is a way all adults are... Published Jan 20, 2020 07:06am

One can’t be sure whether history is a whore or not but one can aver that historians especially the ones ... Published Dec 30, 2019 07:16am

What is it that we use most, not only in our moments of wakefulness but also when we are asleep, dreaming? It’s... Published Dec 09, 2019 07:22am

Khwaja Ghulam Farid, as we all know, is one of the towering poets of the 19th century who along with Mian Muhammad... Published Dec 02, 2019 07:06am

Baba Guru Nanak [1469-1539] was an unusually remarkable figure in the history of Punjab and subcontinent in so many... Published Nov 25, 2019 07:00am

Our region is a place which loves to make the non-religious religious and the secular non-secular. It believes,... Published Nov 18, 2019 07:17am

Can we conceive citizens without a city or a city without citizens? Each is the raison detre of the existence of... Published Nov 04, 2019 07:22am

Our historically evolved village has been defined by two distinct but interconnected groups; farmers and artisans.... Published Oct 28, 2019 06:49am

Agrarian societies are inseparably linked with nature, with the phenomenon of weather in particular, which plays a... Published Oct 21, 2019 07:08am

Why is our farmer held in contempt? Why is he an object of ridicule and butt of unkind jokes? Sadly those who guzzle... Published Oct 14, 2019 07:07am

The East India Company after the occupation of Punjab in the mid-19th century imposed on the Punjabis two foreign... Published Oct 07, 2019 07:16am

The phenomenon of Sanskrit versus Prakrit [Prakrit here implies organic language(s)/ dialects spoken by peoples of... Published Sep 30, 2019 06:54am

The language issue in the subcontinent is neither new nor simple. It’s not new because it indisputably has a very... Published Sep 23, 2019 07:04am

“Ajoki Punjabi Nasar [Contemporary Punjabi Prose]”, a valuable book compiled by Safir Rammah and Ijaz, has been... Published Sep 16, 2019 06:56am

There is always a mystery in the affairs of human beings especially of those who are catapulted to the height of ... Published Sep 09, 2019 06:47am

Jammu Kashmir and Punjab are neighbours and there is a long history of relations between them. Updated Sep 02, 2019 10:33am

Bulleh Shah, reviled and denigrated in his life, is now venerated to the point of being worshipped in his homeland... Published Aug 26, 2019 07:05am

Ahmed Shah ransacked Lahore and then made it a launching pad for further attack deep into the empire taking on the... Published Aug 19, 2019 07:02am

Waris Shah’s retelling of Heer’s legend proved to be a unique creative act; it emerged as the grand narrative of... Published Aug 05, 2019 07:02am

The only Var we have of Dulla comes from far away Sikh dominated East Punjab in Doabi dialect which is slightly... Published Jul 29, 2019 06:58am