The contributions of Dr Sughra Sadaf — a well-known name in Punjabi language and literature on September 23, 2020Since Dr. Sughra Sadaf took over as Director General, Punjab Institute of Language, Art and Culture (PILAC); this organization has shown tangential rise in its contributions to Punjabi language and literature. A lady who has made a place for her in arts, education and social sectors worked hard with full energy in the growth of […]
Melodious music composer Rafiq Hussain passes away on September 12, 2020When I heard the news today the third of September 2020 of melodious music composer Rafiq Hussain I could not believe it for the fact that he was much younger in age and was physically smart person. My memory rolled back to the days when he assisted music composer late Mian Sheheryar in the art […]
Jinder — an Indian Punjabi writer with contributions to Pakistani literature on August 27, 2020Jinder, whose official name is Hajinder Paul is son of Chanan Ram, born in Ladhran, a small village in Tehsil Nakodar, District Jalandhar in India on February 2, 1954. His educational career can be termed briefly as Higher Secondary from Arya School Nakodar in 1972, BA from DAV College, Nakodar in 1975 and Masters from […]
Tauqeer Chughtai — a poet, story writer and a journalist of calibre on August 24, 2020Prolific Punjabi writer, poet, journalist and activist Muhammad Mushtaq’s pen name is Tauqeer Chughtai. He was born in village Boota, District Attock, Punjab on May 13, 1961. He is Masters is Mass Communications from Federal Urdu University, Karachi. He works as Copy Editor Packages, Samaa TV Channel and has written more than 1000 episodes of […]
Remembering melody maker Tassaduq Hussain — the unsung hero on July 28, 2020There are two types of music composers in Indo-Pak film industry; one, which are both commercially and technically good, two who are technically good but do not either bother or do not have contacts in the industry with those who matter. In the former category Shankar Jaikishen from India and M. Ashraf from Pakistan fall. […]
Living for a week with Hassan Latif’s music on July 28, 2020Luckily Lawrence Gardens known as Bagh-e-Jinnah is open to public at the time of writing this piece on music composer Hassan Latif. In the evening when I go for a walk in this garden I often come across veteran poet Aslam Gurdspuri who happens to live across the garden on Lawrence Road. Invariably we enter […]
Book encapsulates words of wisdom by intellectuals on June 30, 2020Words of wisdom on sporadic issues flow during interviews or dialogue with famous literary personalities, published in quarterly ‘Tasteer’ edited by Naseer Ahmad Nasir. Editor Tanzeela Arooj had collected these interviews in different era in her book ‘Bolte Auraq’. The first part of the review was published on June 24, 2020 that covered the time […]
Kanaan Singh — the Indian Punjabi writer who still ‘lives’ in Gujjar Khan on May 18, 2020Videos of people who remained on either sides of Punjab at the time of partition of India in 1947 titled ‘1947 Lakeerain’ on 5 AAB TV is based on the experiences of writers and poets after so many years. One such writer is Kanaa Singh now living in Mohali, in India. Mohali, along with Chandigarh […]
Nasir Khan was one of Pakistan’s first filmy hero on May 12, 2020Whenever I think of veteran Indian actor Dilip Kumar, his younger brother Nasir Khan comes to my mind. When Nasir Khan comes in my mind, three songs by CH Atma from 1951 film ‘Nagina’ come in my mind, that were filmed on him. Though I had seen this film five and a half decades ago, […]
Shafqat Tanvir Mirza — a multi-faceted torch bearer of Punjabi language and literature on May 9, 2020I have met Shafqat Tanvir Mirza many times in my lifetime, may be at PTV Station or in the daily Dawn’s office in Lahore, the latter he had joined in 1990s. He was polite and hospitable person. He always accommodated my visits to his daily’s office despite that heaps of papers laid on his table […]