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Priya Satia: Why poetry remains a primary resource in remembering and understanding the Partition
The first instalment of an essay originally published in 2016. Yesterday · 12:30 pm Displacement is central to Punjabi identity as it is to Jewish and Armenian identity. | Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
What is the poet’s role in history? For a historian of Britain like myself, this question calls to mind the work of EP Thompson, who read the history of the English working class with one eye on the Romantic poets who sensitively captured the social and cultural transformations of the revolutionary late 18th century.
Their notions of place, people and conflict were also shaped by the imperial expansion unfolding in precisely the same moment, and they waxed orientalists even in their defences of freedom. Thompson’s favourite among the Romantics was the prophetic William Blake, partly for his consistent anti-imperialism. He disapproved of William Wor
Veteran actress Khursheed Shahid passes away
June 28, 2021
LAHORE: Legendary television and stage actor Begum Khursheed Shahid died peacefully in her sleep early morning in Lahore. She was over 95.
Her son, well known actor Salman Shahid, and his wife Tahira Ali, were by her side. She enjoyed music till her last days, even when she could not speak much. She also leaves behind her only grandchild Maha, daughter of Salman Shahid and journalist Beena Sarwar.
Awarded the Pride of Performance late in her career at a time when it held no meaning for her, she was renowned for her no-nonsense character, powerful, sensitive stage and television portrayals and for her professionalism. She was also an accomplished singer and tanpura player who famously accompanied the great classical singer Roshan Ara Begum.
On Rishi Kapoor s death anniversary, here is a look at his final years in Bollywood
On 30th April a year ago, Rishi Kapoor left this world after a long battle with leukaemia, leaving behind an amazing body of work for which he will be remembered for ages. Rishi, or Chintu, as he was fondly called, was supposed to feature alongside Deepika Padukone in the Hindi remake of the Hollywood film The Intern. Amitabh Bachchan recently replaced him in the film. His last release before his death was Jeetu Joseph s 2019 thriller film The Body , co-starring Emraan Hashmi. It met with mixed responses.