Tension persisted in the Sohrab Goth area on Friday, the second consecutive day of violence that had erupted a day earlier amid protests over the killing of a youth at a hotel in Hyderabad earlier this week. In Sohrab Goth, enraged people gathered on the Super Highway near Al-Asif Square and staged a protest, bringing
Daily Times
June 4, 2021
KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Culture Syed Sardar Ali Shah told Italian Development Mission member Emanuela Benini that the Culture Department has submitted the dossiers of Nangar Parkar and Bhanbhor to UNESCO for inclusion of both in list of world heritage sites.
“We will further work on the dossiers of embroidery, music and poetry of Sindh as this is unique intangible cultural heritage of the whole world,” Sardar Ali Shah told his guest. He said that the poetry of Shah Abdul Lateef Bhittai was a kind of universal message for whole humanity.
“It is collective world heritage,” he said, adding that the musical instrument found from 5000 years old Indus civilization site of Mohenjo-Daro, that is Borendo, is still being played in Sindh, and if included in the world heritage list, it might be one of oldest musical instrument of the world.
Punjabi literature is a-flood with
babaism. It is a slave to tradition. Whose tradition is it after all? It’s a tradition of
babas’ own. To me, a writer affirming patriarchal values and promoting those in his writings, is a manifestation of
babaism in Punjabi literature.
We all know that our society is drenched in patriarchal culture. Yet, I hardly hear of any gatherings organised by Punjabi writers to discuss the subject. There are ample opportunities meanwhile to read and discuss Punjabi classical poets. We should also look at present day issues and present day writings.
The truth is, except for the works of some