Saanjh Amritsar-Lahore

Shaheed Bhagat Singh at Lahore Railway Police Station

Saanjh — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 11:35:43 +0000

The lost son of Lahore—–Shaheed Bhagat Singh By Shreya Ray It is an uncanny coincidence that Nawab Muhammad Ahmad Khan Kasuri, the magistrate who signed the death warrant of Bhagat Singh, was killed, more than 40 years later, at the same spot as the 23-year-old freedom fighter. The roundabout in Shadman Colony, Lahore—where the execution [...]

“Jashan-e-Faiz” Indo-Pak poetry flows under Faiz’s benevolent umbrella/ By Rashmi Talwar

Saanjh — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:37:32 +0000

Published on Front page Magazine in Kashmir Times on January 1st 2012 “Jashan-e-Faiz” Centenary Celebration of Faiz Ahmed Faiz Day –I Indo-Pak poetry flows under Faiz’s benevolent umbrella By Rashmi Talwar Were I to compare, the Urdu-Punjabi poetry of Faiz Ahmed Faiz, one of the greatest poets of the subcontinent –it would be to a [...]

2011 in review

Saanjh — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 11:07:09 +0000

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 15,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 6 sold-out performances for that many [...]

FAIZ’S REBELLION WAS A PASSION :Salima Hashmi Faiz ‘s Daughter /By Rashmi Talwar

Saanjh — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 09:51:48 +0000

Kishwar Naheed, Rashmi Talwar, Salima Hashmi

~DROP~ By Rashmi Talwar

Saanjh — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 12:55:35 +0000

~DROP~ By Rashmi Talwar On a grass blade I glisten Whisper on the rocky slide Still is my whistle Brave, my plight ! Look! I am Flirting with a cloudy slice Now ! Rocking on a mountain top Its bristles push me just a slight Oh! How I wriggle in delight ! Flirting with a [...]

Lokan nal jurian jeev vigyani Dr Amarjit Singh Tanda —By Rashmi Talwar

Saanjh — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 08:32:55 +0000

Lokan nal jurian jeev vigyani Dr Amarjit Singh Tanda By Rashmi Talwar ————His Multiple interests have made Dr Amarjit Singh Tanda stand tall in Australia —— Mealybugs, weak stocks and wilted leaves irked him no end, as he looked with wonderment at the vast expanse of green fields and thus his passion for seeing ‘unspotted’ [...]

Amritsar Hospital comes to the aid of Photojournalist –Bijendra Ahlawat in The Tribune

Saanjh — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 12:48:57 +0000

Amritsar hospital comes to aid of photojournalist Bijendra Ahlawat/TNS Rohtak, September 5 Raj Kishan Nain, an eminent photojournalist who faces the risk of losing his eyesight due to severe damage to his eyes, has found a ray of hope with the offer of help extended by an Amritsar-based eye institute after the publication of a [...]

Migrants Vital Link in Australia…………BY RASHMI TALWAR

Saanjh — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:10:32 +0000

Migrants Vital Link in Australia…………BY RASHMI TALWAR First Published IN columns of NRI SERIES -Punjabi Pride in “Times Of India” ON August 29, 2011 page 4 It has taken nearly 6 months for this article on Poonam Dua to see the light of day even as I had given up.My Big congratulations to Poonam to [...]

Man who bared truth of Jallianwala massacre In Amritsar, Govt to honour….BY Aditi Tandon

Saanjh — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 06:50:41 +0000

Govt to honour man who bared truth of Jallianwala massacre in Amritsar Aditi Tandon New Delhi, August 23 Little is known of Pandit K. Santanam, the man who first bared the horrors of Jallianwala Bagh massacre to the world and who, despite being a conservative Iyengar from Tamil Nadu, left his native place and made [...]

Laughter challenges tears of Kashmir……………………. By Rashmi Talwar

Saanjh — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:05:29 +0000

“Kashmir Comedy Theatre Festival -2011” Laughter challenges tears of Kashmir By Rashmi Talwar ‘Myon Shoosh’–My Love- Whisper the majestic Kashmir Mountains to me, opening their tessellated imposing arms, in a bear hug. I immerse into their beauty. The prickly needles of emerald hued conifers outlining their conical bodies, hurt me no more, they bring tickles [...]

The day OSAMA was killed ———— By Rashmi Talwar

Saanjh — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 08:36:45 +0000

With Due apologies to those who lost their near dear ones in 9/11 The day OSAMA was killed ———— By Rashmi Talwar May 2, 5.15 am- Twitter was bursting with news ‘Osama killed!’. The magnitude of ‘Op Geronimo’ in Abbotabad, Pakistan, flushing of the elusive ‘Osama bin laden’was all over cyber space. I slumped into [...]

Amritsar’s grandson and Indian chef invited at White House…..

Saanjh — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 08:26:51 +0000

Amritsar’s grandson and Indian chef invited at White House Shara Ashraf, in Hindustan Times The White House will eat out of an Amritsar’s grandson and Indian chef’s cooking pot on July 29. India-born Vikas Khanna, who has also been voted New York’s hottest chef, has been invited to whip up some ‘spiritual food’ at the [...]

“Bumbi Days”!…… by VIVEK MEHRA

Saanjh — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:10:53 +0000

Thank God this post did not reach the winters ..otherwise it would have been ‘Shivering Bumbissss” Heritage conservator Balwinder Singh once quizzed me –‘What is Chaali Khoo?’-‘Forty wells!’ I answered. ‘What is Chaati khoo?’ I twinkled, smiled, knowing it had a catch, ‘You Say?’ –‘It is ‘a’ well with a ‘chaat’(roof)!’ , he laughed. ‘What [...]

‘RAUNAK’ of our The Tribune office in Amritsar cuts his first Punjabi Number ..Chak De Fatte !!! Buraaaaaaaaa for u !!

Saanjh — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 13:56:53 +0000

By Saanjh ———- Rajiv Sharma @ Raj Asr is v dear to me …’Raunak and Shaan of our Tribune office in Amritsar . The one who made our days in the office most Glorious with his antics, jokes, his mimicry and songs …Anytime the Senior was away, it became the most enjoyable laughter sessions–BIG SHOWTIME [...]

History of Indian Academy of Fine Arts-Amritsar/Galleries losing interest /

Saanjh — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:02:39 +0000

BY SAANJH ESTABLISHED in 1928 by Master Gurdit Singh and his friends, Indian Academy of Fine Arts , Amritsar, acquired its present status by dedicated pursuit of S G Thakur Singh, who went all the way to Bengal to master wash technique and later became a scene painter in the nascent Bombay film industry. He [...]

AMRITSAR – Anna Hazare’s turning point/ By Lt Gen Baljit Singh (Retd)

Saanjh — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 08:15:20 +0000

Seem Eons past, a seasoned journalist of AMRITSAR told me that Amritsar has an uncanny distinction!—‘You will notice that Any significant event in the world somewhere has an incredulous connection with Amritsar”. Strange as it may sound his words are evolving to be prophetic and I am slowly starting to believe this gentleman. I came [...]

Media ‘Jugaad’- Telex to Twitter…SWAM (South Asian Women in Media)….By Rashmi Talwar

Saanjh — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 08:04:50 +0000

Media ‘Jugaad’- Telex to Twitter By Rashmi Talwar Two essential tools carried by a reporter- are a ‘nose-for-news’ and ‘Jugaad’- the quick-fix cleverness- the ‘mantra’ behind a great story or visual. Hence it was no surprise when women mediapersons attention was grabbed by ‘Telex to Twitter’ journey that changed ways of news gathering and threw [...]

Let’s Riot with Colors….. BY ILMANA FASIH

Saanjh — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 08:30:12 +0000

This beautiful thought was penned by Ilmana Fasih ..I came across it on a FB page ‘Indo-Pak Peace Media’ …A write up with childlike innocence plays on ‘colors for construction’ …the scene therein of a fairytale where weapons of mass destruction are assigned a task unknown to them–of bringing smiles, happiness and glee in the [...]

Pak’s ETPB to name office building after Shaheed Bhagat Singh

Saanjh — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:20:39 +0000

Pak’s ETPB to name office building after Bhagat Singh…Daily Times LAHORE: Pakistan’s Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) chairman Asif Hashmi announced naming the ETPB office building after Shaheed Bhagat Singh and demanded the Punjab government to rename the ‘Shadman Chowk ‘after the legendary hero. Hashmi informed Daily Times of this after he visited a candle [...]

“if i were a flower..” By Sukhmani Sadana

Saanjh — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 11:40:05 +0000

Sukhmani Sadana, is one I fell in love with as soon as she was born … and yet I had to discover this side of hers to actually feel a new kinda bonding , a feeling of ends of a circle touching again. Today Amritsar born Sukhmani can be seen on television as a debut [...]