Pakistani singers for Punjabi music fest

Amritsar, Punjab: The holy city prepares for yet another display of the rich culture and values through the Baisakhi festivities. A vibrant and exhilarating festival, Baisakhi is typically Punjabi in its celebrations, be it in villages or big ...

Actress Vidya Balan, who married north Indian Siddharth Roy Kapoor in a mix of Tamil and Punjabi traditions, says she gets no time to put the traditional kolam (rangoli) in her house."I am still following all my (southern) traditions. I am busy with ...

Popular music reconnects to traditional genres in subco... 'Vathikuchi': true commercial entertainer (Tamil Movie ... Punjabi music beyond just bhangra: Bally Sagoo Kolkata, April 13 (IANS) Despite digitisation in music and films, renowned filmmaker ...

on Friday at a city hotel on Dugri Road was all about Punjabi tradition as members sashayed around in vivrant colors and lots of enthusiasm. From dance performances to modeling competitions, the colours and aroma of Punjabi culture bedazzled ...

When it's Manish Malhotra, you got to know that Bollywood would make its presence fairly visible on the ramp, and the tradition continued this year as well when B-town's favourite designer showcased a Punjab-inspired collection on Day 3 of the ...

The accomplishment of a Punjabi bride, her mother and the affluence of the family were traditionally judged by the number of 'phulkari' and 'bagh' textiles - two ancient thread crafts of Punjab and what is now Haryana - they made.Gursharan Kaur, Prime ...

Guru Nanak (1469-1539) was born in Bhoi Di Talwandi, now known as Nankana Sahib, in the vicinity of Sheikhupura, more than two hundred years after the death of Baba Farid. The long blank in between is mysteriously inexplicable. No poet or writer of ...

SERVING IT HOT: Najib tries his hand at frying jalebi, a traditional Punjabi delicacy, during the Vaisakhi Day celebrations at Gurdwara Sahib — Pic:

Centuries ago, there was the tradition of the kathakar, the travelling storyteller. Indian cinema, now in its 100th year, is but a continuation of this tradition, which took wonderful shape at the New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF). Not unlike a ...