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Are Pakistani authors doing justice by writing in English?
Edit Dawn 24 Feb 2016
We were standing in a hall, located in a building behind the mosque. It is narrated that Waris Shah wrote his rendition of Heer in the basement of this hall, while he served as a maulvi at the mosque ... One of them read. ... We were talking about the famous 17th century Sufi poet, Sultan Bahu. “Do you know Sultan Bahu wrote more than 100 books in Persian? But today, he is only remembered for one poem that he wrote in Punjabi, Se Harfi ... ....
Why It Is Important to Write in Your Mother-Tongue
Edit Huffington Post 22 Feb 2016
There was a law in our primary school. Anyone who spoke in Urdu was fined Rs 5. Teacher's pets would sniff around the entire day smelling for potential culprits ... Most of us can't speak Punjabi ... and they mine ... He told me that the famous 17th century Punjabi poet, Sultan Bahu, was adept in Persian, the English of that time, and wrote over 100 books in the language ... Rajia didh farsi bole ... The example of Sultan Bahu sent me into a reverie ... ....
Sufi medley peps up culture fest
Edit The Times of India 10 Feb 2016
Lucknow. Sufi mood captivated Safed Baradari, as members of musical group Chaar Yaar presented melodies to enthral audience at the ongoing Sanatkada festival on Wednesday evening. The concert began with a verse written by Hazrat Sultan Bahu, a Sufi Mystic of 17th century ... ....
A Punjab without borders
Edit The Hindu 23 Jan 2016
When Radhika Sood Nayak was growing up in Ludhiana, since her mother is from Lucknow, the family spoke Hindi at home. English was the language of aspiration; Punjabi, in her mind, was a rough language she was forced to study ... The poetry began to speak to me only later.” Trained in Hindustani classical music, Nayak now also sings the poetry of Bulleh Shah, Sultan Bahu, Baba Farid, and other Sufis from Punjab ... Time. 6.30 pm ... ....
Attending refugees in Global South cities
Edit Huffington Post 11 Nov 2015
By Ad�le Charbonneau. According to current estimates, as many as almost seven-million refugees and asylum seekers are living in cities, potentially more than half of the world's refugees ... One example of an altogether different approach is by a Johannesburg-based non-governmental organization, the Sultan Bahu Centre (SBC) ... A soccer team known as "Sultan Bahu FC" was formed, made up of immigrants and refugees from all across Africa ... ....
Pak folk artist Warsi enthrals audience recite Warish Shah's 'Kalaam'
Edit The Times of India 19 Aug 2015
AMRITSAR. Pakistan's famous folk artist Ustad Khadim Hussain Warsi on Wednesday enthralled the audience at Khalsa College for Women (KCW) with his magical voice ... He also recited Sultan Bahu's select verses ... ....
A spiritual sound
Edit Deccan Chronicle 27 Jul 2015
Deepa Nair Rasiya’s initiation into music began with Carnatic lessons, then she picked up Western Classical music from London, where she lived as a child, grew up loving Hindustani music and finally, after marrying into an Orthodox Sikh family, was piqued by Shabad Kirtans (Sikh devotional music). Her new album Destination features 10 songs of Sufi poets like Baba Bulleh Shah and Hazrat Sultan Bahu....
Meeting on “What is Islamic Mysticism?” on 30th April in Yakutpura
Edit The Siasat Daily 29 Apr 2015Punjab Notes: Mother language, people and politicians
Edit Dawn 27 Feb 2015
Last week International Mother Language Day was celebrated all over Pakistan which reflected a rich linguistic diversity we can rightly be proud of ... One of his courtiers said ... An unusual speaker, Sahibzada Sultan Ahmed Ali, one of the descendents of great classical poet Sultan Bahu, cheered the crowd with his chaste Punjabi when he said that hundreds of years back his forefather chose mother language for his creative expression ... ....
UK imams unite against online extremists
Edit The Siasat Daily 14 Dec 2014
London, December 14.. Ten leading imams in the UK have joined hands to counter online Islamist extremist propaganda that has led to a number of British Muslims being recruited by the dreaded Islamic State (IS) militant group ... become a "safe haven" for terrorists ... Buckinghamshire ... "undermining" community cohesion ... mosque, and Hafiz Ghulam Rasool, director and principal of the Hazrat Sultan Bahu Trust in Birmingham ... Council of Mosques ... ... ....
Pakistan troupe stages play against child sexual abuse
Edit Deccan Herald 08 Dec 2014
Common Concerns. Sexual assault on children and the insensitivities on the part of the media while reporting on such cases has been portrayed in play form by a visiting theatre group from Pakistan ... “I feel that theatre is not just a way of entertainment ... Music for the play, staged with a cast of nine, was composed by Wadat Rabeez and poetry penned by Sultan Bahu, BaBu Bulleshah and BaBa Fareed ... ....
Meesha Shafi: Reinventing the classics
Edit Dawn 30 Nov 2014
My journey as a vocalist has only just begun and I do not believe success or even global fame is the ultimate light at the end of the tunnel ... Also read. Coke Studio Episode 3 review ... Not many of my contemporaries, let alone those younger than us, had heard of Sultan Bahu before Alif Allah on Coke Studio, before Rohail decided to re-produce it into a swinging Sufi track, so irresistible in its audio visual contradiction (read ‘appeal’) ... ....
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