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Fun Time / Strength of Man Beauty of Woman« on: August 15, 2009, 11:58:15 AM »
Strength of a Man
The strength of a man isn't seen in the width of his shoulders. It is seen in the width of his arms that encircle you. The strength of a man isn't in the deep tone of his voice. It is in the gentle words he whispers. The strength of a man isn't how many buddies he has. It is how good a buddy he is with his kids. The strength of a man isn't in how respected he is at work. It is in how respected he is at home. The strength of a man isn't in how hard he hits.. It is in how tender he touches. The strength of a man isn't how many women he's Loved by. It is in can he be true to one woman. The strength of a man isn't in the weight he can lift. It is in the burdens he can understand and overcome. Beauty of a Woman The beauty of a woman Is not in the clothes she wears, The figure she carries, Or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman Must be seen from her eyes, Because that is the doorway to her heart, The place where love resides. The beauty of a woman Is not in a facial mole, But true beauty in a woman Is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives, The passion that she shows, The beauty of a woman With passing years-only grows. Lucky is the man who is the first love of a woman, but luckier is the woman who is the last love of a man 723
PJ Games / Re: Write the person above you a false email address...« on: August 15, 2009, 11:36:14 AM »724
PJ Games / Re: sis.....bro....gf....bf....friend....Stranger« on: August 15, 2009, 11:27:14 AM »meri jaan di dushman :angr:di ya da :woried: :woried: :woried: manoo main deep... mandeep singh :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: 725
PJ Games / Re: sis.....bro....gf....bf....friend....Stranger« on: August 15, 2009, 11:22:07 AM »
game cheti hit hogeya...lolz
manooo.... hmm stranger... 726
Shayari / Re: ਜੇ ਤੇਰੇ ਫੋਨ ਨਾਲ ਨਹੀ ਮੁੱਕਣੀ ਸੀ...« on: August 15, 2009, 11:20:15 AM »
je tere phone naal nahi mukni si
teriya callan naal muk jani si.. je battery naal nahi mukni si.. memory card naal muk jani si tere sare network udd gaye ne.. sadi range da tutna baki eee.. jihde vich tera number piya sim card ke sutna baki aa..... lolzzzzzzzzz. :lol: 727
PJ Games / Re: sis.....bro....gf....bf....friend....Stranger« on: August 15, 2009, 11:19:25 AM »
bohemia mar geya...............
has hun.. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: 728
PJ Games / Re: sis.....bro....gf....bf....friend....Stranger« on: August 15, 2009, 11:13:34 AM »
bro :mean:
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Shayari / Re: kauma jeondia sadia kurbaania te« on: August 15, 2009, 11:10:07 AM »
kauma jeondia sadia kurbaania te,
anakh mare ta kaum mar jandi, os kaum nu sada itihaas puje, bipta hass k kaum jo jar jandi, sir de sardaar kahaae jande, tahi sir dastaaran sohneya ne, tahio singh hai sanu keha janda, maut singha de kolo dar jandi aankhh jaroori aa...... we r not pigeons 730
Gup Shup / Re: What makes you attractive?« on: August 15, 2009, 11:09:41 AM »
hmmm ... :woried:
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Gup Shup / Re: What makes you attractive?« on: August 15, 2009, 10:59:35 AM »
apne muhh ki ki likha.... sang lagdi.. :hehe: :hehe:
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Shayari / Re: russe naw yaar!« on: August 15, 2009, 10:57:45 AM »ruse nah yaara menu manona nai aunda oye hoye desi da sher 736
Religion, Faith, Spirituality / Re: guru di sikhi« on: August 15, 2009, 10:57:23 AM »
lolzz :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Religion, Faith, Spirituality / Re: guru di sikhi« on: August 15, 2009, 10:35:53 AM »
sade zanjuu la la ke kehnda aurangzeb aakhiri...
ya deen kabool lavoo ya fer chukloo danda deraa 738
Maan-Sanmaan/Respect+ / Re: Jhanda Amli PJ da nawa Global MOD« on: August 15, 2009, 10:29:08 AM »
=D> :superhappy: :superhappy: vadhayiyan
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Shayari / Re: ~~Je Oh menU pYAR bESHUMAR na karde~~« on: August 15, 2009, 10:20:34 AM »Je oh menu pyar beshumar na karde,ballee =D> =D> 740
Gup Shup / Punjabis Without Punjabi(give some time ..to read)« on: August 15, 2009, 10:11:15 AM »
Punjabis Without Punjabi
For quite some time now reference is being made on both Pakistani and Indian Punjabi Internet networks to a UNESCO report that allegedly predicts that in the next 50 years the Punjabi language will become extinct. I have tried in vain to get hold of the report to make sure it is not a hoax. My dear friend, Sardar Gobind Tukhral, has assured me that some such a report did appear, which warned that many languages were fast disappearing. Languages threatened with extinction are spoken by miniscule tribes whose members are dying out or being assimilated into the mainstream. However, this explanation cannot apply to Punjabi. Demography and power -- political, economic and military -- do not suggest that the Punjabis are by any means a weak nationality or ethnicity. Consider the fact that some 100-120 million human beings can be classified as ethnic Punjabis. Punjabi is an Indo-Iranian language within the larger family of Indo-European languages. The Punjabi people are a mixture of perhaps one of the most varied ethnic pool in the world, as Punjab has been receiving waves and waves of people entering the subcontinent from the north-western mountain passes, as well as smaller movements from the south and east of the subcontinent towards this region. The current breakdown of the Punjabi people is roughly like this: Eighty million Punjabis live mainly in Pakistan's western Punjab and constitute 55 percent of its total population; 30 million in India, mainly in Indian eastern Punjab but with a strong presence in Haryana and the greater Delhi region. Roughly, that translates to three percent of the total Indian population. Some 10 million are dispersed outside the Indian subcontinent, with strong presence in Britain, North America, Southeast Asia (nearly 130,000 Sikhs in Malaysia alone) and the Middle East. In terms of religious affiliation, some 54 percent are Muslims, 29 percent Hindus and 14 percent Sikhs. A three-percent minority is Christian. With regard to power, the situation is even more dramatic. Pakistan is virtually a Punjabi state in terms of political, military and, now, even economic power. On the other hand, while in India Punjabis are a small minority they are one of the most prosperous nationalities, East Punjab being one of the top three big states enjoying the highest per capita income. The Indian military has a disproportionately larger number of Punjabis, especially among officers. Three Indian prime ministers -- Gulzari Lal Nanda, Inder Kumar Gujral and Dr Manmohan Singh -- can be classified as bona fide Punjabis, while the mother of Jawarhal Lal Nehru was not only a Punjabi but from Lahore. Two Nobel Prize winners have been Punjabis: Professor Hargobind Khorana from India and Professor Abdus Salam from Pakistan. When it comes to Bollywood and Lollywood as well as cricket and other sports, Punjabis are conspicuous in all these branches of public life. Given such favourable data, how do we explain the rapid decline of the Punjabi language? We need to understand this in terms of both historical and contemporary contexts. With regard to the historical explanation, it is to be noted that Punjabi never attained the status of state language of a sovereign state at any point in time and remained the language of the common people. However, between the 16th and first half of the 19th century Punjabi culture flourished as the Sikh Gurus, Muslim sufis and the Hindu bhagtis ventilated their anti-establishment messages in a strong Punjabi idiom. However, when the only son of the soil, Maharaja Ranjit Singh (1799-1839), founded a kingdom in this region, official communications continued to be conducted in Persian. After the annexation of Punjab by the British in 1849, they decided to introduce Urdu as the state language as it was already in use in other territories under British control. It was also felt that urban Punjabi was a close kin of Urdu and Hindi. This is, of course, true and there is no reason not to acknowledge this affinity. In any case, Punjabi never received the patronage of the state. The first modern Punjabi dictionary was produced in the mid-19th century by Christian missionaries based in Ludhiana. The first half of the 20th century found the communal virus infecting Punjabi identity. Ironically, the first provocation came from the Sikhs, when Bhai Vir Singh (1872-1957) began to insist that the Punjabi language was the exclusive preserve of the Sikhs. Not surprisingly, both Hindus and Muslims who had strong cultural links with the rest of India began to assert that their "mother tongue" was Hindi and Urdu, respectively. Such communalisation culminated in the partition of India in 1947, which in reality was the partition of Punjab and Bengal. The partition of Punjab took place over the bodies of 800,000 to 1,000,000 Punjabis. The veteran Indian journalist Rajinder Puri captured the agony of the Punjabis in the following words: "After partition the Punjabis disappeared. In West Punjab they became Pakistanis. In East Punjab they became Hindus and Sikhs. They also became Akalis and Congressmen, Arya Samajists and Jan Sanghis. Never Punjabis." This was written in 1985. One can expand on this process of fission and say that the Pakistani Muslim Punjabis became Sunnis, Shias and Ahmadis, and from time to time one hears also about them becoming Saraiki-speakers and Potohari-speakers in opposition to the Lahori-speaking Punjabis, while in India, besides the Hindu-Sikh distinction, the Sikhs went on to distinguish themselves as Khalsas and other sects. In Pakistani Punjab, Punjabi continued to be degraded as an inferior language, and if ever a case of self-inflicted cultural suicide, or rather genocide is to be taken up by the Security Council (under the UN Convention on Genocide cultural genocide is considered a major crime against humanity), it will be the sui generis mistreatment by the Punjabi ruling elites of Pakistan of their own mother tongue. The situation is better in Indian Punjab because Sikh identity is inseparable from the Punjabi language and Punjabi is the official language of that province, but Hindi and English are encroaching upon Punjabi as Sikh peasants become urban dwellers and develop unorthodox lifestyles. In the next article we will review what can be done to restore Punjabi to its proper status among the living languages of the world. To fight the uphill battle for Punjabi we would need the help of all Punjabis. source: http://www.apnaorg.com/articles/ishtiaq8/ |