Aaj Sajna Ve Milya Nu Ho Gaya Zamana

[Timothee Cazares]

LAHOREPunjab Chief Minister Ch Pervez Elahi Tuesday announced a comprehensive project for promoting Punjabi language, culture and history. In this connection, an authoritative institute would be set up to give practical shape to various suggestion and proposals to galvanize Punjabi language and literature in the province, he said addressing a meeting of writers, poets and intellectuals held at Chief Minister's House, here. Besides Chief Secretary Hafeez Akhtar Randhawa, the meeting was attended by well-known intellectuals, including Shafqat Tanveer Mirza, Shehzad Ahmed, Raja Rasalu, Amjad Islam Amjad, Afzal Tauseef, Col. Nadir, Iqbal Qaiser, Saleem Shahid, Zahid Hassan, Qazi Javed, Irfan Ahmed, Abdul Rashid Bhatti, Shaista Nuzhat, Tanveer Zahoor and Jamil Ahmed Pal.Ch. Pervaiz Elahi said that in the past, negligence has been shown in respect of promoting and protecting Punjabi language and culture in the province, whereas a great deal of work in regional languages is being done in other provinces of the country, especially Sindh.

Name: Sajid - E-mail: sa...@brain.com.pkMy URL: Location: Multan, PUNJAB Comments: Saeed Bha Jee ay lao column main link kar raya waaN.

Enjoy!!!!

Name: Saeed - E-mail: saeedf...@yahoo.comLocation: Rawalpindi, Punjab PakistanComments: Dear APNA Mitro, Today's Jang published the column of Hasan Nisar with the title "Punjabi Zuban aur Pervaiz Ilahi". He wrote in favour of Punjbi. Though it is not carried in the net site of Jang but Sajid Ch. should try to fit it in some how. Bhaee Sajid Jee, koee toR kadho eys daa.

Name: Saeed - E-mail: saeedf...@yahoo.comLocation: pindi, Punjab PakistanComments: Dear APNA Mitro!There is another news regarding Punjabi in today's Daily Dawn. It is the statment of another Choudhry of Gujrat, Fakhar Zaman. Here is the link:

Name: Sajid Chaudhry - E-mail: sa...@brain.com.pkMy URL: Location: multan, Punjab Comments:

Name: Saeed - E-mail: saeedf...@yahoo.comLocation: Pindi, Punjab PakistanComments: Dear APNA mitro!Today (23rd July, 2003) there is good news about Punjabi language on the front page of the Daily Jang. Three column news with the statement of Punjab's Chief Minister Ch. Pervaiz Ilahi as "Pervaiz Ilahi ney Punjabi zubaan-o-saqaafat ke farogh ke liyey mansoobey kaa ilaan kar diyaa" and just go through the link:

Name: Rupinderpal Singh Dhillon - E-mail: ru...@panindia.comMy URL: Location: London, UKComments: Dear Sirs / Madams,

The PREM project now has evolved into Numa Punjabi Kosh

Any volunteers who are willing to participate, in assisting in the research into new words for Punjabi , please contact me, so we can set proper teams

And Rammah Ji, I would very much like to write an article about the project

Please let me know if you will accept such an article, and how to submit it?

Name: Javed Iqbal - E-mail: jiq...@hotmail.comLocation: London, berks UKComments: hi This is very good site I can,t read real Punjabi but Punjabi songs are very nice stright goes into the mind and hearts but there is one thing why we can,t download them?? anyway this is very good web site i made my home page. thanx a lot.

Name: Javed Iqbal - E-mail: jiq...@hotmail.comLocation: London, berks UKComments: hi This is ver good site I can,t read real Punjabi but Punjabi songs are very nice stright goes into the mind and hearts but there is one thing why we can,t download them?? anyway this is very good web site i made my home page. thanx a lot.

Name: Saeed - E-mail: saeedf...@yahoo.comLocation: Rawalpindi, Punjab PakistanComments: Paa Prem Singh Kahlon Jee, I have over fifteen books on Baba Farid, in Punjabi, Urdu and English. Most of them wrote the date of birth as 1173 but it is not any criteria. I am also writing the date 1173 in my book on Baba Farid. Anyhow, our main focus is on the teachings and wisdom of Baba Jee. Thanks for sharing my comments. Rabb Raakhaa.

Name: suman - E-mail: ska...@yahoo.comComments: Prem ji. JeRi maeN tohnu second email bheji si, o mil gayi si ya naheeN? Kitaab de baare.

Name: P S Kahlon - E-mail: pka...@tnstate.eduComments: Dosto:Galtee naal Baba Farid jee da janam din 1171 likhia gia si. Asal vich Sahib Singh ne 1173 de tariq likhi si. Type karan vich methoN galti ho gai si.

Name: Gurinder Singh Khatra - E-mail: Gurinde...@aol.comComments: Very Good Site!

Name: P S Kahlon - E-mail: pka...@tnstate.eduComments: Saeed Bhara Jee:Mein vi eh sawal kise nooN puchhia si Par koi khass patta nhiN si laga. Eh dasia si ke Baba Jee da janam bahut thawaN te hijree maheene de Naal likhia hai par har admee jadon ehnooN Issvi vich badal denda hai taN wakharee wakharee tariq kadh lainde neN. Ho sakda hai ke eh karan hove . Par menooN patta nahiN.Prof. Sahib Singh inj likhde neN.Baba Jee Hijree 569 (1171)maheena ramzan dee pehli tariq nooN paida hoe si. Te Hijree 664 (1266)de maheene moharram dee panj tariq nooN 93 saal dee ummar vich apne Pind Ajhodan (Pakpattan)vich chalana kar gae si. Eh tusin aap hee socho ke 93 saal taaN naN hijree de hisaab naal baNhde neN te naN Issvi nal. JadoN mein eh sawal keeta si tan jawab si ke Hijree luner calander naal Issvi NahiN milde. par menooN eh gall changi taran samjh nahin aee. Changa hoya ke tusiN sawal keeta hai te koi sajan jawab devega. Rabb Rakha.

Name: faisal - E-mail: fas...@hotmail.comLocation: gujrat, punjab pakistanComments: aslaam-0-alaikum ,sub toon pahlann tay unhahaan sub mitraan tay sajnaan tay qablay atram dostaan noon batti batti mabarik baad marray tay sub punjabiyaan wallon k anni changi tay malomatti site tiyaar kitti gai aa jidhi wajha naal punjabi zubaan dee qadeer wich khater khawa izaffa howya aa. kaffi sarray gawiyaan dee zubaan wich punjabi day soufiyaan tay buzargaan diyan kaffiyan tay kalam anna choukha pahli warri kissay site tay milya way aik nikki jee salla main v danna chahwaan ga k anna sariyaan azeem ul shaan buzurgaan dee hiyatti tay mabni aik link banaya jay jidhay wich inaan buzrgaan day barray purri purri information deeti jay taa k jharrahay kujh marray jay look thorri information rakhday naain unhaan day ilam wich izaffa ho sakay akhir wich sub noon salam tay Allah balli. faisal

Name: Javed Zaki - E-mail: zaki...@msu.eduComments: Sajno. Ik neveeN kafi haazar e.......KAFI......Peyee wassaaN meN raNjhan de naal

Rubba kar de muraad e poori

....Meri kar de muraad e poori

Howe jaNdRi kujh chaNga hall

Rubba kar de muraad e poori

....Meri kar de muraad e pooriHijar azaab meN jardi phhir di

RaNjhan RaNjhan kardi phhir di

Kalma eho bas bhardi phhir di

..............bhardi phhir di

Mukk cha waNje hun doori

Rubba kar de muraad e pooriMeN RaNjhan da saak awalla

MeN jhalli te oh vi jhalla

EveeN nibhe cha kheri salla

................kheri salla

Ley ley phhiraaN nit choori

Rubba kar de muraad e pooriKrishan kanihyya chohlaaN karda

Raadha da munn, dubda tarda

Oh te sajjan e jug vich harda

...............jug vich harda

Roop saroop ohda noori

Rubba kar de muraad e pooriJAVED ZAKI

Name: Saeed - E-mail: saeedf...@yahoo.comLocation: Pindi, Punjab PakistanComments: Dear APNA friends, Anyone knows the exact date of birth of Baba Farid Jee. The articles given in the front page of our site apnaorg.com inform different dates of birth of Baba Jee. One writes 1173 and other writes 1175. Which is correct? Thanks.

Name: Safir Rammah - E-mail: ram...@apnaorg.comLocation: Fairfax, Va USAComments: Akhilesh ji: Jeonde Reho - and thanks for spreading the good word about APNA!!!

Name: gursharan - E-mail: gsi...@yahoo.comLocation: pind reston, va USAComments: Hello AllA sad news I just read on the ajiweekly.com that a punjabi Sajjan a prominent writer in hindi and brother of late Balraj Sahni in no longer with us. His name is BHISHM SAHNI(writer of famous novel TAMAS)He was demised on July 10th 2003. He was a very famous writer in hindi but his stories had a solid background of punjab and punjabiat. May god bless his soul. Sincere thoughts to the demised family.

Name: gursharan - E-mail: gsi...@yahoo.comLocation: pind reston, va USAComments: Saeed, Ajay te Akhilesh JiPunjabi nu delhi vich raajsi darja ditey jaan di gall baare meri v kujh observation hai jo ke aap sabh naal saanjhi karn lageyaa haan. bohut changi gall hai ke punjabi nu status mill geya hai. par mainu eh sabh kujh SHOSHE-BAAJI lagdi hai. khon ke main punjab aaonda-jaanda rehna haan. te othe ja ke vekhda haan ke in actual vich aam lokaan de har din de vartaare vich punjabi di kitni ku varton hai. te vekh ke te sun ke dil nu bari udaasi hundi hai ke jis dharti di maa boli punjabi hai. Ose dharti de school systems vich bacheyaan nu punjabi bolan te Dann(fine)laaye jaande han. It is a fact. if you are a school going kid and if you want to communicate to your teachers you should use english if any other language is used there is a fine of Rs.25.00 if it get repeated the punishment got more severe. Mere kehan da matlab hai ke Achi gall hai ke state lavel te ya pher delhi vich siyasi lavel te bhaaven jo marji punjabi da maan-taan hove par aam lokaan de har roz de vartaare vich bara hi maara haal hoi jaanda hai maa-boli da.RABB kare ke kise tarah naal eh laazmi kita jaave ke schools vich eho jeha maahol na hove ke aapni boli bolan te tohanu Dann na dena pave. Kyon jo eh te known fact hai ke mudhli school di parhaai tohadi maa boli vich na hove te navi paneeri vich oh confidance nahi aaonda jo ke ik Kaamyaab bande di mudhli LorH hai.

Name: Akhilesh - E-mail: HiTMa...@aol.comLocation: , EuropeComments: Sorry, the last comment was meant for Safir Rammah Ji.

Name: Akhilesh - E-mail: HiTMa...@aol.comLocation: , EuropeComments: Sat Sri Akaal.Ajay, thats good news about Punjabi being declared as the 2nd official language of Delhi. I had also read about that on Tribune - Chandigarh.Do you know what the official status of Punjabi is in Haryana and Himachal Pradesh???p.s. I was listening to the "Desi Duo" show on Panjab Radio last night (www.panjabradio.co.uk and SKY Digital channel 880) and they asked for listeners to send in internet sites which they would check out in the studio. So i sent them a txt message so that they could visit APNA. They got my message but by mistake i sent them "www.apna.org" which they read out on air and found that it was a site for an American nursing home. After this i phoned in and gave them the correct site address, which they went to and obviously liked. They then went on air and told all of their viewers to go online and log on to APNA website.Just thought it would interest you to know about this little bit of free advertising for APNA on Panjab Radio. The more support and awareness for APNA the better!

Name: Ajay Sharma - E-mail: aja...@hotmail.comLocation: Rockhampton, Qld AustraliaComments: SAeed ji

Punjabi de naal ho rahi be-insaafi de dukh da bahut sohna izhaar tusi keeta hai. Apni boli nu jinda rakho, apne sabhyaachaar nu sambh ke rakho, khabre aagli peerhe mang laveye te den laye kujh sade paale hove te sahi. Naale ki pata kadhi es garibnee de din v phir jaan. Khuda hafiz.

Name: Altaf Sikander Busal - E-mail: altaf...@hotmail.comMy URL: Location: New York, N USAComments: Ik Ghazal SajnaaN lai hazir ae***Ghazal**jeewan jail di chakki yaarjho jho jindRi thakki yaarho gaya khaowray listooN kharijsada number lucky yaarteray meray payar di dushmanrishtay dari sakki yaarhalit meri waang saudayaantooN naa khaoweray takki yaarpaisa kol na hovay taylabhdi kauRi phakki yaartooN aweeN tay akhaaN wassannhalay bethaaN dakki yaarwekh kay tenooN gheraaN day wichakhyaN hakki bakki yaarchhoRR sikander jhalyaan gallaNgall sunaa koi pakki yaarNote***eh ghazal shahmukhi lipi wich parrahn lai tusseN www.arzkiahai.com tay jasakday hoAltaf Siknder Busal

Name: Altaf Sikander Busal - E-mail: altaf...@hotmail.comMy URL: Location: New York, N USAComments: Ik Ghazal SajnaaN lai hazir ae***Ghazal**jeewan jail di chakki yaarjho jho jindRi thakki yaarho gaya khaowray listooN kharijsada number lucky yaarteray meray payar di dushmanrishtay dari sakki yaarhalit meri waang saudayaantooN naa khaoweray takki yaarpaisa kol na hovay taylabhdi kauRi phakki yaartooN aweeN tay akhaaN wassannhalay bethaaN dakki yaarwekh kay tenooN gheraaN day wichakhyaN hakki bakki yaarchhoRR sikander jhalyaan gallaNgall sunaa koi pakki yaarNote***eh ghazal shahmukhi lipi wich parrahn lai tusseN www.arzkiahai.com tay jasakday hoAltaf Siknder Busal

Name: suman - E-mail: ska...@yahoo.comComments: Akhilesh. My comments were about the article and certainly not personal. That one should have love towards ones fellow human beings is a belief in every culture and religion, as well as in plenty of individuals. It is such a large thought that it should be the property of all - not labelized.

Name: Saeed - E-mail: saeedf...@yahoo.comLocation: Pindi, Punjab PakistanComments: Ajay Sharma Paa Jee, Delhi wich Punjabi dee sunee gaee ey. Eh khushi dee gal ey par kee karyey eythey Lahore wich taaN Punjabi KheyRyaaN de hath chaRhee paee ey. Qaido, Qazi te KheyRey ehdaa saah ghuTTen dee koee kasar naheeN chhaDdey. Lahore waaliyaaN nooN Delhi toN sabaq layN*aa chaahi da ey. RooRee dee vee kadey taaN suN*ee jaaNdee ey par Punjabi nooN ehnaaN ....... neyN rooRee toN vee thaley daa darjaa ditaa hoyaa ey. ..........

Name: Ajay Sharma - E-mail: aja...@hotmail.comLocation: Rockhampton, Qld AustraliaComments: Namaskaar mitroThose of U who have not already got the information, it is a matter of joy that Delhi Government has recently adopted Punjabi and Urdu both as official languages of the state. Both the languages already figure in the list of 17 official languages of India. People involved in promotion of the languages may like to consider this as a clear milestone achieved. Cheers Bye for now

Name: Javed Zaki - E-mail: zak...@msu.eduComments: Sajno! Ik navaaN 'geet' haazar e.........GEET.........Dukhh raataaN nuN jaagan wale

Soch de panchhi de paNkhaaN te

Apne dard soneheeN likh ke

Duur geye sajnaaN nuN ghalde

...Rehn akhhaaN de deeve baldeKaaliaaN raataaN tayre chan mokhRe da jhoala payNda

Tayre peraaN di aahat chaare paase sunn-da rehNda

Tayre binaaN mayra pal neiN laNgh-da, soch khiyal ne jalde

...Apne dard soneheeN likh ke

...Duur geye sajnaaN nuN ghalde

...Rehn akhhaaN de deeve baldeGhupp henairiaaN di chaadar di bokkal maar ke behnaN

TayriaaN vich odeekaaN ghulnaaN, iklapa iNj sehnaN

Tayre aan di aas ich sajnaaN, mayre saah ne chalde

...Apne dard soneheeN likh ke

...Duur geye sajnaaN nuN gkalde

...Rehn akhhaaN de deeve baldeJAVED ZAKI

Name: Akhilesh - E-mail: HiTMa...@aol.comLocation: , EuropeComments: Sat Sri Akaal.I came across these articles after i did a search on "Bhulekha" and thought they may be of interest to some of the members here. ://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030622/world.htm#2Hello Suman. I am not very knowledgeable on Sufism or Punjabi Literature, i just thought that the article may be of interest to APNA.

Name: Saeed - E-mail: saeedf...@yahoo.comLocation: Pindi, Punjab PakistanComments: Veer Dullah Bhatti Jee, Prem Singh KahloN Jee, Sukhbir Veer Jee, DihlloN Bhaa Jee, Salam! Ik guzaarish (request) ey ke kee koee Punjabi Gurmukhi wich Punjabi Folklore barey ya inj makammal tor te koee cultural Encyclopedia maojood ey ke naheeN? Eh boht ee waDaa kam ey. Kee tuhaaDey waley Punjabi wich koee folk heritage dee saanbh laee adaaraa (institution) kam kar rehyaa ey? TuhaaDaa apna, Saeed

Name: Rupe Dhillon - E-mail: ru...@panindia.comLocation: London, UKComments: PREM - Namee Saddee dee Punjabi KoshProposalGoal: Investigative and discussive forum, through the internet, and Punjabiand English Publications researching the possible creation of new words tobe eventually standardised in a modern dictionary, including words borrowedfrom international languages ( English, Spanish and Others), which have alinguistic complience with Punjabi, where there are no appropriate words inexistence.The forum will not necessarily include established organisations which showno interest, but will suggest to, and take the view of organisations andPunjabi individuals who which to contribute or critise ideas.The new words will be in Roman Punjabi, Gurumukhi and Shahmukhi so allPunjabees can have access to them.The Primary condiration is Diaspora Punjabi's whose versions of Punjabi areexposed to international community.The secondary consideration is the annilation of the Punjabi language inIndia and PakistanAs American English differs from British English, why should not DiaporaPunjabi take its own path of exploration.Tools will be research into existing words in other languages , mainly foranimal names et cetra, and new simple creations from existing Punjabi wordsrecognisable by the common Punjabi, not the aloof intellect. Then place on awebsite and cause discussion and final standardisation of accepted words.A committee including myself and other Punjabis will form the panel todecide on these matters.R DhillonPS I have lost Dr M Bhadwaj's e-mail, please forward this onto him, as hehad requested this. This is the introduction to the final framework

Name: Bali K Deol - E-mail: swa...@shaw.caComments: Lao towade mehfil ch zara halki jahi gal nazar kariye....Today this morning I left home for the day and as I passed by a Church, I read a huge sign that said "Jesus loves Punjabi's'..........later on I went to a downtown mall, and as I left Sears I saw written in Gurmukhi a sign that said Shukriya at the exit.....later on that day I opened the main provincial daily newspaper whilst having coffee, and was reading the escort section,(please don't ask me why, I don't have the faintest) and five consecutive ads said 'Punjabi Speaking' as part of the ad......finally as I left the coffee shop, the Italian attendant shouted Sat Sri akal, and namste behind me. Well from the above my only conclusion is it would seem Punjabi's are a lucrative market in more ways that one.

Name: Altaf Sikander Busal - E-mail: altaf...@hotmail.comMy URL: Location: Yonkers, NY USAComments: Balle_baba_tere SahibGhazal pasand karn da buhat shukria.Altaf Sikander Busal

Name: Altaf Sikander Busal - E-mail: altaf...@hotmail.comMy URL: Location: Yonkers, NY USAComments: Balle_baba_tere SahibGhazal pasand karn da buhat shukria.Altaf Sikander Busal

Name: DullaBhatti - E-mail: dullab...@yahoo.comComments: Suman ji, tuhadian farmaishaN da koi chaara nahi ho riya haal di ghaRhi. daas muaafi da jachak ay.:-)Saeed bhra ji: main Shauna Singh da novel parheya ay angraizee wich...hun dair ho gai ay 2-3 saal pehlay jad ayea si nawan nawan parheya si. The story is about this Sikh family living in poThohaar area in a village called Pari-darwaaza. It portrays very well the multi-religious and multi-ethnic community of even a small village like Pari-darwaaza in pre-parition era. Then the story deals with second marriage to a younger woman of the sardaar ji who is engineer. Later part of the novel deals with the pre-partition tentions and riots and violence following it. In my view it is a very good novel detailing the social set up punjab during that time period. I certainly recommend it. I don't know if they have a Punjabi version of it. I doubt it.

Name: Balle_baba_tere - E-mail: Balle_b...@hotmail.comComments: Bravo Altaf Sahab!What a lovely ghazal and what a lovely Bayaan. The element of

Name: Javed Zaki - E-mail: zaki...@msu.eduComments: I recently received three books by our great punjabi scholar and poet, Najam Husaain Syed. It is a must reading Punjabi literature. 1. "Alfo Peerni di Vaar". Price Rs. 30 (P. 202)2. "AhyaaN VichoN NahyaaN". Price: Rs. 38 (P. 235) 3. "RaNg (FaridoN Nanak, NanakoN Farid). Price: Rs 19 (P.128)Publisher: Abbas Ali Siddiqui for "Rutt Laikha"

Distributor: "Kitab TriNjan", 22-MiaN Chambers-

Temple Road, Lahore. Pakistan.

Name: suman - E-mail: ska...@yahoo.comComments: Akhilesh. Paighaam-e Mohabbat at least is not a 'sufi' album. It is a collection of poems that explore the effects of the partition from a variety of perspectives. Songs of loss, of memories, of regret. The words 'sufi' and 'sufiana' are thrown around so easily nowadays, any humanist, liberal conviction gets labelled 'sufi'. What a shame.

Name: Akhilesh - E-mail: HiTMa...@aol.comLocation: , EuropeComments: Sufi Foundation has mentor in Muzaffar AliAditi TandonTribune News Service Chandigarh, July 7In some months from now, the rich Sufi tradition of Punjab will be awarded its rightful place in the scheme of cultural progress of the state once the Sufi Foundation India, a voluntary organisation formed by some culturally-inclined people, including some top Punjab police officials, is launched with the objective of preserving the glorious heritage of Punjab.Formed some time ago under the chairmanship of the ADGP, Law and Order, Punjab, Mr A.A. Siddiqui, an ardent lover of the Sufiana tradition, the organisation has a mentor in the celebrated film maker Muzaffar Ali, who was in the city on a special invitation from the organisation yesterday. With his strong Sufiana leaning and rich knowledge of the field, Muzaffar Ali could possibly have been the best counsellor for the organisation.Some years ago, Ali floated his own music company through which he had released four cassettes on Sufi love, the latest being Jahan-e-Khusro. The earlier ones were Paigham-e-Mohabbat, Jaam-e-Ishq and Raqs-e-Bismil. Not just this, Muzaffar Ali is also working on an international film based on the life of a renowned 13th century poet Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi. To be made on a budget of $ 10 million, Ali wants Al Pacino and Robert De Niro to work in this film. Another acclaimed project of Ali India, Garden of Saints is a film on Sufi saints in India.

Name: Akhilesh - E-mail: HiTMa...@aol.comLocation: , EuropeComments: Sufi Foundation has mentor in Muzaffar AliAditi TandonTribune News Service Chandigarh, July 7In some months from now, the rich Sufi tradition of Punjab will be awarded its rightful place in the scheme of cultural progress of the state once the Sufi Foundation India, a voluntary organisation formed by some culturally-inclined people, including some top Punjab police officials, is launched with the objective of preserving the glorious heritage of Punjab.Formed some time ago under the chairmanship of the ADGP, Law and Order, Punjab, Mr A.A. Siddiqui, an ardent lover of the Sufiana tradition, the organisation has a mentor in the celebrated film maker Muzaffar Ali, who was in the city on a special invitation from the organisation yesterday. With his strong Sufiana leaning and rich knowledge of the field, Muzaffar Ali could possibly have been the best counsellor for the organisation.Some years ago, Ali floated his own music company through which he had released four cassettes on Sufi love, the latest being Jahan-e-Khusro. The earlier ones were Paigham-e-Mohabbat, Jaam-e-Ishq and Raqs-e-Bismil. Not just this, Muzaffar Ali is also working on an international film based on the life of a renowned 13th century poet Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi. To be made on a budget of $ 10 million, Ali wants Al Pacino and Robert De Niro to work in this film. Another acclaimed project of Ali India, Garden of Saints is a film on Sufi saints in India.

Name: Altaf Sikander Busal - E-mail: altaf...@hotmail.comMy URL: Location: New York, NY USAComments: ik sajri Ghazal sajnaan lai hazir ae,GhazalsapaaN nooN maiN doodh pilaya panni ditta akkaaNapni wekh kmayaan aj main keweeN athroo dakkaansadday chowk chobaray behkaaN sunjay sunjay lagankhoweray kehRRi Daien phiri ae sadday pinDaaN chakkaaNaedooN waddi hore saza ki yaro menooN mildioha manzar roz maiN wekhaaN jehrra soch na sakaanjwan wala yar Sikander halay teek na ayaraat deharri aeweeN main tay aDiaaN chuk chuk takkaaNAltaf Sikander Busal

Name: Saeed - E-mail: saeedf...@yahoo.comLocation: Pindi, Punjab PakistanComments: Bhai Safir Jee, DonoN kam ee wadhyaa hoey neyN.Ustad Daman dee Gurmukhi wich shaeree te dooja An Interview with Punjabi Novelist - Gurdial Singh. MabaarakaaN. Kal meyN Lahore see. DineyN Mustansar Hussain Tarar ney ghar dawat dittee see. Ohdey naal Punjab te Punjabi barey tin ghanTey wachar taakraa hoyaa. Ohney Bibi Shauna Singh Baldwin de navel "What the Body Remembers" dee das paee. balkey sachi puchho taaN kan wich bhin paaee. eh navel partition 1947 de unwaan te likhyaa geyaa ey. Eh navel meyN LahoroN naheeN labh sakyaa. Ehda Gurmukhi wich tarjamaa je kisey dost kol hovey yaaN eh Angrezi wich ee labh sakey taaN koee baNdaa mehbaani karey. Je eh shahmukhi wich naheeN chhapyaa taaN ehnoo apnaorg.com waloN chhapan da sarbaNdh keetaa jaway. ehdey laee meyN khidmat karan laee tayaar aaN. Baqi saathyaaN de mashwarey naal. Je kisey neyN eh navel paRhyaa howay taaN ehday barey das paey. Shukriyaa.

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Name: Javed Zaki - E-mail: zaki...@msu.eduComments: Bullah continues to pull crowds by FATIMA IQBAL [The Nation, Lahore}After a few instructions from Madeeha Gohar to a seated audience at Alhamra, the play, in connection with Ajoka's 20th Anniversary, opens with a group of followers carrying in Bullah's funeral bed. The then mullahs of Kasur, shown standing in the court, declare his burial 'na-jaiz' for living a life of a kafr.

Set in the eighteenth century, the 2 1/2 hour play without an interval, looks back into the life of Bulleh Shah (1680-1758); how he becomes Shah Inayat's disciple and is forced to leave his hometown, Kasur. And against all odds, he continues his search for truth.

His sittings with khusras, Muradi Begum - a prostitute and the downtrodden, who later became his followers, comes as a rude shock to the so-called clerics of the religion. Time and again they pass fatwas and declare him an outcast. Sarfraz Ansari outplays his character as Bullah. Throughout his rendition of Bullah's kafis is imposing.

It should be noted that the era shown, not much different from today, is one of political disorder, decline of the Mughul Empire and civil rebellion. Bullah saves the life of Banda Bahadur Singh who is out to avenge the blood of his family. He persuades him to stop the insanity and preaches him tolerance. The Sikh is moved by Bullah's manner and they meet again towards the end under similar circumstances. While Bullah is told to leave Kasur, Singh is caught and taken to Delhi.

The tide is against him when the intolerant Nawabs severly criticise him for his obsession for music and compel his murshad to give a fatwa on his qawali. The mullahs come out truly exposed when they misinterpret Bullah's statement "Mein illah waan" (meaning I am immature) as Mein Allah waan. This is quite reflective of our times where mullahs point fingers at others to cover their mis