Sing Your Song, Bulle Shah
A history of Punjab hastens through the Mughals, ponders over its rich heritage and the Sikh empire, examines the colonials and lingers over its bloody division
Navtej Sarna
http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?288191
PUNJAB—A HISTORY FROM AURANGZEB TO...
This is interesting. Apparently written by Bulleh Shah (1680-1757), a famous sufi who was a contemporary of Guru Gobind and lived in the Panjab after the Gurus passing and witnessed the rise of the Khalsa misls himself.
"Ulte hor zamane aaye,
Hun asaan bhed sajjan de paaye. | (sajjan=beloved)...
He is one of a kind. He neither looks nor speaks like a pop star. He writes his own songs. He blends strains of rock music with the depth of Punjabi Sufi lyrics as if they were always meant to go together. Meet Rabbi Shergill, the twenty-something, handsome, bespectacled Sikh lad who promises to...
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