There are very few persons in Pakistan’s first generation as tough as Dr. Manzur Ejaz. Despite his handicap he is... Published Jan 21, 2019 07:08am

The month of Kattak has cranes, Chait is a forest fire and Saawan carries thunder and lightning / In winter arms... Published Jan 14, 2019 07:18am

Baba Farid, the pioneer of Punjab’s contemporary literary tradition, is one of the most revered and loved figures... Published Dec 31, 2018 07:03am

Basant announces the end of frosty winter that makes blossoming and blooming difficult. It heralds the arrival of... Published Dec 24, 2018 07:04am

Each age has its stories. Most of the stories die out as the age recedes into the past. A few may survive, very few,... Published Dec 17, 2018 07:00am

‘A farmer’s field is ablaze/ let’s see when he comes back to douse the fires,’ says Waris Shah in the... Published Dec 10, 2018 07:16am

Isn’t it strange that every generation that is otherwise ahead of the previous one in most aspects looks back at... Published Dec 03, 2018 06:57am

The morning in Punjab’s village is both similar to and different from the portrait Waris Shah painted in his tale... Published Nov 19, 2018 06:28am

Some days back the 9th two-day International THAAP Conference titled “Art, Tolerance and Democracy” organised by... Published Nov 12, 2018 06:59am

Punjab is a rogues’ gallery when it comes to history. Every Pundit dealing with the subject has his own version,... Published Oct 29, 2018 06:51am

Fakhar Zaman is a well-known literary figure. He is a poet and fiction writer. A selection of his poetry Zawaal di... Published Oct 22, 2018 07:05am

Historians talk of Lahore’s Persian poet of Iranian origins Masa’ud Sa’ad Salman as the first poet of... Published Oct 15, 2018 07:02am

Historians till the mid of the 19th century believed that the socio-cultural history of India had its origins in the... Published Oct 08, 2018 06:52am

Baba Farid Ganj Shakar, the first classical poet of contemporary Punjabi and a saint, who succeeded as the head of... Published Oct 01, 2018 06:37am

Muzaffar Ghaffaar is a poet, scholar, cultural figure and translator. He has a host of publications on diverse... Published Sep 24, 2018 07:13am

What we always live surrounded by is death. But strangely it’s a phenomenon that’s simultaneously ubiquitous and... Published Sep 17, 2018 06:27am

Isn’t it surprising that in our rigid social hierarchy Ustad Daman (1911-1984), the son of a lowly tailor master,... Published Sep 10, 2018 06:04am

Elders used to tell strange stories of ‘Gora Raj [the White Colonial Rule]’, not in the distant past, with such... Published Sep 03, 2018 06:01am

Music in our region is usually conceived as performance designed to entertain, delight and enthrall the audience.... Published Aug 27, 2018 07:10am

The colonial occupation of Punjab in 1849 sounded the death knell of the sovereign kingdom of Punjab founded by... Published Aug 20, 2018 07:08am