Not so long ago was the celebration of Lohri, which hails from Northern India and historically from the Punjab region and as a result, Sikhs and various other faiths have celebrated this day for ...

Writing Systems #2 - Gurmukhi The Punjabi writing system is one that is not an alphabet nor a syllabary. The script consists of a primary graph that generally denotes a consonantal sound, and can be ...

I P Singh is Assistant Editor at The Times of India, Jalandhar. He covers news in Jalandhar, Kapurthala and Nawanshahr districts, and writes on politics, environmental issues, heritage preservation ...

A new creative writing contest launching in Surrey, B.C. this week is considered the first of its kind for youth studying Punjabi in Canada. The Dhahan Youth Prize will award $500 prizes to eight B.C.

Punjab [India], May 7 (ANI): Throughout the years, many talented women have influenced Punjabi literature. The role of women in Punjabi literature evolved with the evolution of the region, Khalsa Vox ...

When it came to writing Our Big Punjabi Family, a new mockumentary-style sitcom that debuts this weekend on OMNI Television, Leena Manro didn’t have to look too far for inspiration. She simply tapped ...

Late statesman and army officer Khizar Hyat Tiwana who headed the unionist government at the time of creation of Pakistan and opted to live in the West thereafter, passed away with his vision of ...

SAHIWAL, Feb 22: Winners of the Punjabi essay writing competition have said that in a multilingual country the early learning should be given to every child in the mother tongue. They stressed this at ...

SAHIWAL, Oct 19: The fourth Punjab Lok Boli management committee has distributed 3,000 brochures in Punjabi language to school students asking them to write three essays in their mother tongue. Essays ...

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is ...

Singer Subhi, who debuted in Punjabi with the song Intezaar, says that she feels at home creating her music in native Punjabi language. Singer Subhi, who has a list of hits like Wake Me Up, Naqaab, ...