mushtaq-soofi
Legendry aristocratic Sahiban defying patriarchy and forced marriage elopes with Mirza. Both are eventually captured...
Published 20 Mar, 2023 07:02am
According to Punjabi calendar four months constitute winter: Magghar, Poh, Maagh and Phaggan (mid-November to...
Published 13 Mar, 2023 06:57am
When we talk of the Partition of India we tend to forget that it was actually the partition of Punjab. Bengal was...
Published 20 Feb, 2023 06:52am
Come quietly and whisper your wish as the locals do. Don’t make noise. The legendry Sahiba and Mirza wouldn’t...
Published 13 Feb, 2023 07:12am
Are Punjabis stupid? Of course, Punjabis this side of the border are if you look at their worldview. What they do...
Published 06 Feb, 2023 06:53am
In ancient times the Punjab had seven major rivers. The one called Saraswati or Hakra dried up due to hitherto...
Published 30 Jan, 2023 07:11am
One of the most important phenomena we see in the wake of colonialism is revival of the past. On the one hand the...
Published 23 Jan, 2023 07:07am
Let’s start by making a sweeping statement: u nstoppable increase in population and unfettered growth of real...
Published 16 Jan, 2023 07:03am
Can it be true that a man composes poetry all his life but neither he discloses it nor anyone gets inkling of it?...
Updated 09 Jan, 2023 07:24am
Human mind has a tendency to go to extremes when exploring an experience; it often negates the opposite of what it...
Published 02 Jan, 2023 07:01am
It is rightly believed that the officers of the Raj administration started the practice of writings treatises and...
Updated 26 Dec, 2022 07:44am
One can assert that human civilisation is a fulfilling outcome of historical interaction between different groups of...
Published 19 Dec, 2022 07:07am
Physical aspect of aging is succinctly described by Baba Farid in one of his couplets: “With my small legs I...
Published 28 Nov, 2022 07:00am
“Poets are shameless with their experience: they exploit them,” says Friedrich Nietzsche in his ‘Beyond Good...
Published 21 Nov, 2022 07:05am
Arshad Waheed’s novel Other Days published by Jumhoori Publications, Lahore, may prove a serendipitous gift for ...
Updated 14 Nov, 2022 08:11am
History is what Punjabis this side of the Punjab dread most. It is not difficult to fathom the reasons. Their ...
Published 17 Oct, 2022 07:03am
You are better placed to compose poetry if you happen to know common ailments as well as maladies that afflict the...
Published 19 Sep, 2022 04:01am
When we look at the images of relentless monsoon fury, we see among other things dead bodies, battered families,...
Published 05 Sep, 2022 03:33am
More than half of the country is under water. More than thirty-five million people are trapped in the furious...
Published 29 Aug, 2022 03:49am
“I believe that readers themselves are story writers. While reading a story they create it; they shape up...
Published 22 Aug, 2022 06:05am