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'We are erasing our heritage': Chandigarh members react to Gymkhana takeover

India, June 3 -- Echoes of discontent are coming from Chandigarh members over the takeover of the renowned Gymkhana Club by the government for defence purposes. Chandigarh has as many as 150 registere... Read More


Roundabout | Hussaini Brahmins, Karbala and an outspoken veteran

India, May 31 -- War is a time that brings back many myths, sparking earnest and sometimes intense debates by people of Pakistan on the myth and reality of this small but volatile community of Hussain... Read More


'Poet of the masses, heart of every mehfil'

Chandigarh, May 29 -- Poets, writers and lovers of Urdu poetry across Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh mourned the passing away of legendary Urdu poet Bashir Badr, recalling his unforgettable presence a... Read More


Punjab smiles across borders as Lahore revives its historic names

India, May 23 -- Nearly eight decades after Partition altered not just borders but also the names etched onto Lahore's streets and neighbourhoods, the city's return to its original heritage names has ... Read More


A letter to Surjit Patar, who will never be forgotten

India, May 13 -- Some remember Ludhiana as the city of the much-loved poet and lyricist Sahir; others recall it as the home of Mohan Singh, the celebrated Punjabi poet who lived near Railway Gate No. ... Read More


City Beautiful through a poet's street diary

India, May 8 -- The Indian Coffee House culture took root in Chandigarh as early as 1964 and later moved to the red-brick structure in Sector 17, once hailed as the Connaught Place of the city. In goo... Read More


Voices of a new generation find form and colour

India, April 25 -- Art blossoms when imagination is set free and the heart is open to experimentation. Such is the spirit of the 59th annual art show by the students of Government College of Art, Chan... Read More


Tracing women of substance in the mighty 18th-century Sikh empire

India, April 23 -- Author Ranjit Powar brought alive the women who played a pivotal role in Maharaja Ranjit Singh's empire in her historical novel, 'The Veil & The Sword', recently released at a 'bait... Read More


Roundabout | Fighting the sad seasons with poems of resistance

India, April 19 -- It was Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian poet and author, who had proclaimed that every beautiful poem is an act of resistance and so it was last week in the Delhi home of Chandigarh-bre... Read More


Roundabout | Didgeridoo, tattoos & sculpture find home in New Chandigarh

India, April 5 -- Art, it is said, is where the heart is and for some years now, young artists passing out of the Chandigarh College of Art have their hearts set on old Mullanpur fields remodelled in ... Read More