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2009 Dec - Participated and presented a paper in the Parliament of World's Religions at Melbourne, Australia. 2010 Feb - Participated and presented a paper titled ‘Panjab Digital Library: Revealing the Heritage of Panjab’ International Conference on Digital Libraries at New Delhi in February 2010.
The book gives us a lively picture of pastoral life, written in delectable prose, studded with aphorisms, anecdotes, proverbs and songs. The one thing that will give Mera Pind a long lease of life, if not immortality, is the fact that the author has used the Punjabi language as it is spoken by the common people, The Punjabi of Mera Pind is full ...
[13]: 78–85 One of the earliest commercial Punjabi books on record is an 1851 edition of Waris Shah's Heer Ranjha version produced by the Chashm-i-Nur Press of Lahore. [13]: 78–85 Not much is known about Punjabi books before 1867, the year the administration began compiling reports on vernacular publishing.
Mirza and Sahiban under the tree. Mirza Sahiban [a] (Punjabi: [mɪɾzaː saːɦɪbãː]) is a traditional Punjabi tragedy originally written by the 17th-century poet Pilu.Set in a village in Jhang, the tragedy follows the romance between two youths, belonging to chieftain families of their respective clans, their elopement and eventual demise.
The Class VIII (ages 12–13) book (Punjab Textbook Board) on Islamic Studies reads: "Honesty for non-Muslims is merely a business strategy, while for Muslims it is a matter of faith." The Class V (ages 9–10) book (Punjab Textbook Board) on Social Studies says: "Religion plays a very important role in promoting national harmony.
Book cover of Tales of the Punjab by Flora Annie Steel. Academic folkloristic research into and the collecting of the large corpus of Punjabi folktales began during the colonial-era by Britishers, such as Flora Annie Steel's three papers on her studies of local Punjabi folktales (1880), with a translation of three fables into English, [2] Richard Carnac Temple's The Legends of the Punjab (1884 ...
Punjabi culture grew out of the settlements along the five rivers (the name Punjab, is derived from two Persian words, Panj meaning "Five" and Âb meaning "Water") which served as an important route to the Near East as early as the ancient Indus Valley civilization, dating back to 3000 BCE. [1]
Sohan Singh Seetal (1909-1998) Poet, Novelist, historian, Authored more than 60 books; Santokh Singh Dhir (1920–2010) Giani Sant Singh Maskeen (1934–2005) Sharif Kunjahi (1915–2007) Shah Mohammad (1780–1862) Shiv Kumar Batalvi (1937–1973) Sujan Singh (1909–1993) Sultan Bahu (1628–1691) Surjit Paatar (1945–) Shardha Ram Phillauri ...