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

Almost all regions of the subcontinent have traditionally been diverse. Racial, religious, ethnic, linguistic and... Published Aug 13, 2018 06:07am

In our world at times we come across persons who by virtue of their rare qualities remain unaffected by what drives... Published Aug 06, 2018 06:57am

“Write that…books strewn across the room, ashtray full of ash and stubs of cigarettes, crumpled jacket resting... Published Jul 23, 2018 07:09am

Caste is the feature that defines the disquieting uniqueness of the sub-continental society. Caste system as we all... Published Jul 16, 2018 06:57am

Every Joe knows we can’t exist without water. But way back in time it was a thinker named Thales [624- 541 BC] of... Published Jul 09, 2018 06:04am

Writing for children in any language is a complex undertaking for the simple reason that task involved demands (a)... Published Jul 02, 2018 06:55am

The literary tradition of contemporary Punjabi which has had its origins in the tenth century is presented by its... Published Jun 25, 2018 07:16am

Societies need heroes. If there are none, they are manufactured in order to gratify a mysterious and nebulous urge... Published Jun 04, 2018 06:58am