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The man who kept Urdu alive in city

India, March 28 -- It was a heartfelt thanksgiving to Urdu scholar HK Lall on Thursday evening at the Chandigarh Press Club, where lovers of the language gathered to commemorate the first death annive... Read More


Roundabout | Artist as bicycle thief and the fire sacrifice

India, March 22 -- The present is never without the past and often a recent happening suddenly takes one back to memories and experiences of long ago. So it is with me this Saturday as I think of rece... Read More


Roundabout | Letter from Iran, the land of Sufi poets Rumi and Hafez

India, March 8 -- All war is a symptom of man's failure as a thinking animal, so said John Steinbeck (1902-1968). He was a man of words as a novelist, short story writer and war correspondent who won ... Read More


Roundabout | Dev Anand legend renewed by the Churiwala podcast

India, Feb. 22 -- It is often said that heroes are remembered but legends never die. So it is with this Gurdaspur boy, whose roots were in Gharota village, equidistant from Pathankot and Gurdaspur, an... Read More


Roundabout | Home is where the art & the heart come together

India, Jan. 25 -- The storms, the rain and the chill have not deterred the city from celebrating the changing seasons, and this fall and winter cultural activity in the city has seen a remarkable rise... Read More


Madan Lal's artwork makes a mark on the auction circuit

India, Jan. 21 -- A small-town boy from Talwandi Bhai in Punjab's border district of Ferozepur, Madan Lal came to the Government College of Art in 1982 and passed out in 1987 with a degree in applied ... Read More


Roundabout: Someday whenever the spring breaks through

India, Jan. 11 -- Hope, resilience and love for the written word marked the release of a collection of 89 short stories, titled 'Bahar Aun Tak' by the much-revered short-story writer Navtej Singh (192... Read More


Tea, poetry and protest: Lal Singh Dil featured in 2026 memorial calendar

India, Jan. 3 -- Lal Singh Dil (1943-2007) was his name, and many remember him as the 'Poet of the Revolution' for his brief encounter with the Naxalite movement in Punjab in the 1970s, which had trav... Read More