The author is a Dublin-based Punjabi poet & essayist. He may be reached at sejal@mahmoodawan.com & Twitter @mahmoodah.
Brecht’s poetry, which originates from the folk-song tradition of Germany, has naturally made its way into the open arms of folk-rich Punjabi in...
Harbhajan Singh was one of the few Punjabi writers whose work challenged the powers responsible for causing destruction to Punjab and its people
All over the world, native languages are protected and funded by state universities so they can be kept alive. While here in Punjab, existing...
There are not enough creative writings on partition penned in Punjab, especially poetry, and this may be due to guilt infested post-partition trauma...
Shamlaat, Nasreen Anjum Bhatti’s poetry collection published posthumously, has unique tone, texture and trance
Parveen Malik’s autobiography in Punjabi not only tells her personal story but also narrates the events of post-partition Pakistan
A must-read book that has the power to bring us and our homeland face-to-face with our overgrown darkness and demons
As the world celebrates the Mother Tongue day, let’s admit that we have failed to make Punjabi language an issue for the common people of the...
There are few books written in Punjabi as comprehensive and wide-ranging as this
Zahid Hassan’s recent novel is a step forward in our literary linguistic struggle, an evidence of Punjabi fiction’s resilience and vitality, a...
