Punjab notes: Immigration and failure of multiculturalism Joyful noises are no longer heard about the concept and practice of multiculturalism. The concept per se isn’t ... Published 10 Nov, 2025 05:43am
Punjab notes: Short cut to control crimes It hasn’t happened for the first time. It has happened before during various regimes, dictatorships and... Published 27 Oct, 2025 05:52am
Punjab Notes: Lahore versus Karachi The scene is hilarious. Governments Punjab and Sindh are up in arms against each other which has done better in the... Published 13 Oct, 2025 07:36am
Punjab Notes: In praise of the world When Lord Buddha said that the world was a house full of sufferings he pointed to one of the most fundamental... Published 06 Oct, 2025 07:41am
Punjab notes: Old civilisation and uncivilised behaviour We can rightly be proud of Harappa civilisation aka Indus civilisation which had an advanced urban society about... Published 01 Sep, 2025 04:42am
Punjab Notes: Baba Farid’s sublime poverty In Punjab’s cultural history we face a peculiar problem; how to differentiate between poets and saints. One can... Updated 14 Jul, 2025 08:50am
Punjab notes: Water crisis in the land of waters The first recorded description of Punjab found in Rigveda, the first and foremost scripture of the subcontinent, is... Published 21 Apr, 2025 05:23am
Punjab Notes: Manzur Ejaz: swimming against the tide – Part II Anew group of like-minded friends in the meantime emerged that decided to establish a platform to have regular... Updated 14 Apr, 2025 08:08am
Punjab Notes: Manzur Ejaz: swimming against the tide – part-I When you read or hear about death it is usually news, a piece of information that seems to leave no impact on you.... Published 07 Apr, 2025 07:49am
Punjab notes: National history: our ‘this and that’ When I was working for Pakistan Television, a colleague, who was a senior cameraman, narrated an anecdote over a cup... Published 16 Sep, 2024 07:07am
Punjab notes: Migration, racism and politics — Part II Immigrants, legal and illegal, from the former colonies have been trickling into western societies for decades. The... Published 02 Sep, 2024 07:46am
Punjab notes: Lahore: another Karachi in the making? Karachi has been a wonderful city. It still is. A stunning mosaic of cultural groups, it is a microcosm of... Updated 04 Mar, 2025 01:18pm
Punjab Notes: Sufi poets from the land of soldiers Dhanni ke Sufi Shu’ara (Dhanni’s Sufi poets) is Ali Khan’s book published by Warq Publications, Chakwal. The... Published 15 Jul, 2024 08:51am
Punjab Notes: Vestiges of caste system and faith Caste consciousness permeates our cultural practices. It’s rooted in our individual and social make-up to the... Published 10 Jun, 2024 07:33am
Punjab Notes: Damodar: Pygmies fail to measure the giant up – Part II Asif Khan published Damodar’s text generally known as Heer Damodar in 1986. Four years later in 1990 Najam Hosain... Published 13 May, 2024 08:23am
Punjab Notes: Naveed’s poems, Shabbir’s reportage and Javed’s stories Naveed Shahzad is a well-known poet, research scholar and literary critic having more than a score of books to his... Published 29 Apr, 2024 07:56am
Punjab notes: Naseer’s stories and Ibne Hasan’s writings Which is older, poetry or storytelling? It seems both are equally old as there is no evidential certainty as to ... Published 08 Apr, 2024 07:03am
Punjab Notes: Happiness: women, children and working classes A sage from our subcontinent says: “There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way.” Does it seem... Published 18 Mar, 2024 07:44am
Punjab Notes: Disaster: Fertile land, population and filth Allow me to share what I saw last week which was, by the way, nothing unusual. But it’s worth reporting. I drove... Updated 11 Mar, 2024 09:16am
Punjab Notes: Neelum’s novel and Bharomal’s folk songs Neelum Ahmad Basheer is a well-known Urdu writer and has a visible presence on the literary landscape. She has a... Published 05 Feb, 2024 07:59am
