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Punjabi
Language
Punjabi is a
intercontinental language. Its speakers are spread all over the world.
The natives of Punjab region of India and Pakistan speak this language.
Basically the Punjabi is the language of Punjab.
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Love legends of punjab
Punjab has always combated invaders. Therefore the truth of
life became a reality like blood in one’s veins. All this inculcated in the
lovers of Punjab not only an appreciation and periscopic sense of beauty but
also the courage to gift life. The action became two dimentional: while on one
hand mortal love gained the stature of worship of God; on the other hand, it
lent courage to defy religious constraints. |
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The
Status
of
Punjabi
in
West
Punjab
A Historic Perspective
The situation of Punjabi remained quite oblique during the British era.
Punjab University only offered Punjabi Fazal which was understood to be a
subject of via Bathanda: A short cut to get a college degree because after
having passed Punjabi Fazal one has to take examination in English only. A few
writers, like Amreta Pretam. Mohan Singh, Benarsi das Jain and some other non
Muslim kept the movement of Punjabi alive. However, after the partition, the
situation of Punjabi became very murky. |
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Progressive
classical period of Punjabi Literature
The
birth of Punjabi language was intertwined with the emergence of popular
mass ideology in the region. The articulation of new ideas of human
equality and justice required the medium of expression that was commonly
understood by the masses. |
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A
debt to be paid
Punjabi poets and writers' efforts
in this period were directed towards removing the sense of
alienation the people felt towards the language.
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Varis
Shah's Hir-Ranjha
Editor's
intro: "Hir-Ranjha is an ancient folk romance of Punjabi
literature. In early versions, all the characters are Hindus. Later
versions, influenced by Punjabi poets like Bulleh Shah, include
allusions and terminology of sufism, which itself was shaped by
Vedantic philosophy. |
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Oral literature
Oral literature compared with written literature has many distinct features
of its own. Whereas written literature is the outcome of the cultivated
faculties of the artists, oral literature is a spontaneous outburst of the
innermost feelings which emerge from the depths of the unconscious mind of the
community. It has its roots deep in tradition and is preserved in memory. It is
ever fresh and ever on the move like a river. |
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Modern
Literature
In the literary sphere Punjab’s position is secound to none. In
poetry the immortal songs of Bhai Vir Singh, Dhani Ram Chatrik,
Amrita Pritam, Mohan Singh, Balwant Bawa, Preetam Singh Safeer,
Avtar Singh Azad, Prabhjot Kaur and others have a soul moving
quality. |
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Punjabi Language From A Perennialist Perspective
Why is even the topic of Punjabi language a subject of discussion? Why would the Punjabis be even worried about the future of Punjabi language? And most importantly why is Punjabi so important to the Punjabis? Any reasonable person would assume that today it would be more important for the sake of material benefit to learn English rather than Punjabi. English is the |
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Roop
K Shorey - A serious satirist
It is said that in India a full length comedy film is
rarely a box office success. Yet, Roop K Shorey was known in industry
circles as the wizard of comedy. Born with a silver spoon in his mouth and
raised by an English governess, Roop K Shorey acquired an early interest
in Western music and English literature. As a child, he was a prolific
writer and composer, and followed in the footsteps of his father Roshanlal
Shorey in making his first full-length comedy Lucky Lovers at the age of
17. Roop's next venture was Majnu (1935) -- a musical comedy
satirising the the old story of Laila Majnu, produced, directed and shot
in Lahore with Ghulam Haider as music director. |
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Contribution
of sufi saints
Punjab is not only great but is also vast and varied. Punjab,
the land of five rivers, is very fortunate in having developed and cherished,
since centuries, a long and glorious tradition of a composite culture. It seems
to have been evolved and enriched by a galaxy of God-intoxicated men who
belonged to various faiths and creeds, such as Hindu saints, Sikh Gurus and Sufi
fakirs. Their mystical songs, in particular, are the pride of the whole Punjab
and form a common and invaluable heritage of all Punjab’s.
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Austere
rythms of Farid
Farid's position as the first known Punjabi poet is a matter of
curiosity as well as reassurance. The saintly Bawa Sahib (1173-1266A.D.) stands
at the far end of Punjabi poetic tradition in an eminent isolation. Nearly three
centuries pass before another figure of any status relieves the curious
blank. |
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Folk
Drama
In Punjab the birth of folk drama appears to have taken place with
the birth of man. |
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Mythological
literature of India
The greatest imaginative literature of ancient India can be
found in the long epic poems, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata.
Written over many centuries and not completed until sometime between
the fourth century BC and the fourth century CE, they probably grew
out of the story-telling of the traditional bards (sutas) who
acted as charioteers to kings. |
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Siraiki Language and Its Poetics: An Introduction
Siraiki is an Indo-Hittite, and therefore an Indo-European language, with its original pre- Islamic word-hoard deriving largely from the three stages of Vedic. Sanskrit and Prakrit (the word for 'broken' in Vedic is 'bhajyate' and in Siraiki 'bhajjya) it also retains a puzzling and fascinating. |
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The Poetry of Syed Hassan Raza Gardezi
This concludes our two part series on Siraiki poetry by Professor Hassan
Gardezi. This article is an introduction to the 'Tenements on Sand' : an English translation of Syed Hassan Raza Gardezi poems published by
Maktaba, Lahore.
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