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Every picture tells a tale. Babu's can fill a tome.
Unlike India’s big cities, “happening” Bangalore has had a stunning inability to inspire writers and movie makers. Mention Bombay and a welter of books springs to mind, only the lat… more →
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Getting dissed because you are Punjabi is passe. Bengalis specialise in it--- they take pot shots at most other communities but Punjabis are reserved alltime favourites. The new filmmaker, Delhi resident Mr Bannerjee who made Oye Lucky as well as Khosla ka Ghosla, has gone home romping riding on caricaturing Punjabiyat. Would any Bengali suffer the same with eyes crinkling over with laughter? Ne.So what's with the Punjabis?After Khushwant Singh there is no real intellectual who is mainstream enough to be a cultural icon.Is it because the culture has remained wedded to antiquated customs?Like feoticide. There is a general pride in--- we are like this only. Punjabi films are so basic,maybe because the concerns never go beyond marriage, like the average fifties-sixties Hindi film. There is a clear difference in the preoccupations of the southern states and Punjabi aspiration. Owning money canot be a cultural meme for the long term.There is no desire to contribute to cultural /intellectual spheres on a nationl or international domain.There is no new experimentation sociologically to even wanting to belong to a cultural movement anywhere. Takers are few for Punjabi poetry.Is Punjabiyat just philistinism?Just look at the Punjabi channels:low grade all round the day monotonous immoderately unmusical songs. Or the religious preachings. Really garish generally subhuman anchors whereas there are 4-5 Telugu news channels.Why? I don't know why the intellectual tradition of Lahore vapourized in post partition Punjab? Maybe someone can enlighten and also take up the cause of the Punjabis so that they don't appear in the next 50 years as foul mouthed land grabbing louts in cultural representations.
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Sher-e-Punjab Maharaja Ranjit Singh
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Dr. Nayyar Hashmey wrote 3 months ago: by Khushwant Singh On the auspicious occasion of Baisakhi when Sikhs from all corners of the gl … more →
My Tribute to R. K. Laxman
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Chirag Chamoli wrote 3 months ago: Rasipuram Krishnaswamy Iyer Laxman (Laxman) perhaps is best known for his creation The Common Man. L … more →
Every picture tells a tale. Babu's can fill a tome.
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churumuri wrote 3 months ago: Unlike India’s big cities, “happening” Bangalore has had a stunning inability to … more →
IQBAL’S HINDU RELATIONS
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admin wrote 4 months ago: I am beholden to P.V. Rawal of Jammu for sending me a photograph of Allama Iqbal’s Kashmiri Brahmin … more →
Man who educated Bombay journalists is dead
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churumuri wrote 4 months ago: sans serif records the demise of T.N. Shanbhag, the founder of Bombay’s legendary book store, … more →
Songs of the Gurus
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Guru wrote 7 months ago: Long back, when my brother used to live in Bangalore, one Sunday morning I visited him; at the same … more →
Living Lohawarana
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Raza Rumi wrote 9 months ago: by Raza Rumi Also published in Himal Magazine’s October issue There was a Lahore that I grew up in, … more →
T.S. NAGARAJAN: The Sharada Prasad only I knew
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churumuri wrote 10 months ago: 'A man of few words who was a master of words' More than a few people have been intrigued by … more →
T.S. NAGARAJAN: The Sharada Prasad only I knew
churumuri wrote 10 months ago: 'A man of few words who was a master of words' More than a few people have been intrigued by … more →
Farewell Faraz
Raza Rumi wrote 10 months ago: Guest contribution by Sadia Dehlvi for Pak Tea House Lovers of Urdu mourn the death of Ahmed Faraz … more →
"Absurditology"
shezada wrote 11 months ago: My brother has just got me the “ring”. The ring has been made with the advise of an astr … more →
Goodbye Shahzadi - the controversial book
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Raza Rumi wrote 1 year ago: Raza Rumi We are posting two reviews of the new book on Benazir Bhutto authored by Shyam Bhatia. The … more →
Amrita Pritam - "Main tenu phir milangi" (I will meet you yet again)
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anilvohra wrote 1 year ago: Amrita Pritam ji is considered the first prominent woman Punjabi poet, novelist, and essayist. She … more →
The grand old man of Delhi
Raza Rumi wrote 1 year ago: by M P Bhandara He is 94 years old. He is perhaps India’s most widely known English columnist … more →
Gowd's own Coundry
V wrote 1 year ago: I’ve slept for 4 hours in the past 36. I’ve spent 10 hours of that on a train, ran into 20 beggars, … more →
A messiah for our time
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sana saleem wrote 1 year ago: This is an article sent to me by a friend i would want to use her words here to explain in brief abo … more →
'The man who sowed the dragon seeds of hatred'
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churumuri wrote 1 year ago: L.K. Advani’s memoirs My Country, My Life is a remarkable literary effort, more remarkable th … more →
Journalism's 5 Ws and an H are gone, 4 Fs are in
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churumuri wrote 1 year ago: “The dirty old man of Indian journalism”, Khushwant Singh, has used the occasion provide … more →
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