Punjabi literary festival ends with discussions on literature, journalism, history

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Faisalabad: The 10th Lilpur Punjabi literary festival was wrapped on Monday, with a full conversation of insightful discussions on Punjabi literature, journalism, history, and the topics spread on education.

The program served as a dynamic platform for scholars, authors and fans to find the depth and impact of Punjabi culture and heritage. The program was organized by the Lyallpur Literary Council in collaboration with the Bank of Punjab, Interlop Limited and EFU General Insurance.

In the first session of the second day, Dr. Faisal Jepa, speaking on the title of ‘Lilpur the Sahak Terrak’ (Litepur’s Literary History), said that the people of the river Bank settlements have historically performed best in every sector. It was demonstrated that they followed. He noted that the impact of these regions was clear in the stories of the classical Punjabi love stories such as ‘Hair Ranjha’ and ‘Mirza Sahib’.

Scholar Nain Sikh expressed concern over the lack of research on the history of the ‘Bar’ region, and highlighted that the rivers were present before the British rule, but later developed in such a way that interrupted river trade. ۔

The session paid tribute to the Punjabi Literary Episode, including poet Nand Lal Noorpuri, singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and author Afzal Ahsan Randhawa. Dr. Rabia Sarfraz identified the shortage of libraries and research institutes in Faisalabad, which is a hindrance to the independent efforts of the research.

Dr. Somira Akbar acknowledged the growing sense of the importance of local statement about the Western approach in Punjab. The second session ‘Punjabi Press and Journalism’ presented a debate under the leadership of Dr. Abdul Aziz Malik, which highlighted that journalism in British India began in Calcutta in 1822, but the first Punjabi newspaper came out after partition. –

Professor Zubair Ahmed mentioned that ‘Sajjan’ was the first Punjabi newspaper, which played an important role in the formation of Punjabi journalistic language.

A documentary titled ‘Bohi Kholi Rakhine’ was released, followed by a debate comprising Dr. Elias Chattha and Dr. Ali Usman Qasimi. The meeting concluded with the performance of traditional ‘Jhumr’ folk dance by students of Graduate College Muhammad Sharif Chent.

In a debate about ‘The need for Punjabi dictionaries’, Dr. Asim Mahmood highlighted that Pakistan has published less than 3,000 dictionary, yet Punjabi has talked about more than 90 million people.

Dr. Ghulam Murtaza questioned whether traditional dictionaries are still necessary in the digital period as many young people now use emojis to express their emotions. Dr. Saeed Ahmed pointed out that most Urdu dictionaries were very impressed with Persian and Arabic, while Dr Naeem Warik discovered the date of dictionaries till the invention of the printing press.

Talking about ‘libraries and modern Punjabi society’, Dr. Khalid Mehmood said that digitalization has increased access to books, which was very important because of the expensive publication of the traditional book. Kashif Manzoor argued that before improving the libraries, their demands were necessary to evaluate their demands in the society, saying that many people were suffering from livelihoods.

Dr. Faisal Bari, while discussing ‘illiteracy and our system of education’, noted that Pakistan’s census data on literacy was incredible due to low birth registration rates. He pointed out that about 6 million children are born in Pakistan annually but 25 million are out of school. Dr. Sajida Haider Windel said that even students enrolling in schools and colleges are often lacking critical ability to think because their education is very limited.