Phulkari has scattered motifs, inspired from Punjab's biota and village life, with the base of the fabric visible. Bagh has dense geometric patterns, which completely covers the fabric. ~Ms Amanpreet Birgisson (the.saree.scene.) has done a great research on Phulkaris and Baghs.

Sh Devendra Satyarthi (1908-2003) Bhadaur born wandering dervish and a great folklorist, he traveled around Indian subcontinent on foot to collect the folk songs of Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu. A writer of 45 books, his book Gidha and Punjab de Lok Geet are considered his best.

I doubt if any other agricultural land in the world has such huge number of tubewells per sq km as seen in Punjab. This has actually made us complacent to the need and importance of the river waters for the future of our #Punjab

solstice

The atomic bombing by US killed an estimated 140,000 people in Hiroshima and around 74,000 in Nagasaki in 1945. I am fortunate to have worked with Dr Ruth Mitchell, winner of 2017 Nobel Peace Prize as a member of ICAN. ICAN is spearheading a movement to ban the nuclear weapons.

война и миръ (baba sohan singh bhakna and leo tolstoy)

Remembering the co-pilot Capt Satwinder Singh Bhinder (a retired Sqn Ldr of IAF), pilot Capt Narendra Singh Hanse and all the other 327 innocent victims of the bombed Air India Kanishka Flight AI-182 in 1985. Capt SS Bhinder’s only son Capt AS Bhinder is a pilot with Air India.

Akali Dal will win more than 'just 3' seats in 2027 due to anger against AAP’s deceit but the ghost of unceremonious and spiteful sacking of all the 3 Jathedars, who were involved in that 2/12 verdict, will haunt it for long. It was uncalled for and avoidable but for a hurt ego!

analog wrist watches are timeless! ~pic of Justice Kuldip Singh

ਘੜੀਸਾਜ਼ ਸ ਗੁਰਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ, ਚੌਂਕ ਛੱਤੀ ਖੂਹੀ, ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਸਰ

when an old man dies, a library burns to the ground

Punjab '95 is based on an Indian citizen.

the old-world charm of the watch repair shops.

hadiqa kiani

Vale Capt MS Kohli AVSM (1931-2025) Capt Kohli tying a turban on Sir Edmund Hillary.

Gurduara Shaheedi Asthaan Baba Banda Singh Bahadur, near Qutab Minar Delhi

nine mountains and eight seas

Prof JS Grewal in his book 'The Sikhs of Punjab' mentions that nearly 43000 Sikhs were court arrested, as Akali Dal launched Morcha from Akal Takht Sahib against the Emergency in 1975. Sikhs constituted nearly 30% of all the political prisoners, arrested in that 21 month period.

In his book Sketch of the Sikhs, published in 1812, Lt Col J Malcolm asserts that if emperor Bahadar Shah had not left Deccan for Punjab with all his imperial forces in 1710, Sikhs would have captured the entire Hindustan. Pic~Lohgarh Fort near Yamunanagar Haryana, erstwhile

The Punjabi duo of Air Commodore Ravish Malhotra KC and Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma AC