Pind and village social life
Village interviews and institutional accounts show how participation, unequal influence, public facilities and connections beyond a pind shape social life.
Chakwal; Sheikhupura; Chakar; Rurka Kalan
Culture in everyday life
Culture.
Textiles, performance, food and literature as living, changing traditions.
150 sourced entries · alphabetical directory · page 6 of 9
The entries and directory links are available below. The filter appears when it loads.
Directory entries
Pinni: shaped Punjabi sweets and documented variations
Coarse wheat flour, sesame-coated rounds and a chickpea-flour version show the range of sweets published as pinni, with shaping and texture as well as ingredients defining each preparation.
Punjabi culinary associations and contemporary chef interpretations
Punjabi charpai making
A charpai combines a joined frame with a tensioned woven surface. Explore the woodworking, rope choices and repairable structure behind this Punjabi bed.
Punjab
Punjabi cinema in India
Explore Punjabi cinema in India through post-Partition film circulation, changing screen conventions, archives and national recognition.
India
Punjabi cinema in Pakistan: film, social power and surviving records
Explore Punjabi cinema in Pakistan through early productions, Maula Jatt, film ephemera, criticism and overseas classification records.
Pakistan, especially Lahore; overseas circulation
Punjabi ghagra traditions: cloth, layering and records
Explore Punjabi ghagra traditions through preserved skirts and dated descriptions, keeping garment names, regional accounts and reported memories in context.
Punjab
Punjabi jutti: construction, makers and materials
Explore Punjabi jutti through named workshops, hand stitching and embroidery, with documented changes in materials, designs and the organisation of making.
Punjab
Punjabi lullabies: home, memory and shrine performance
Compare Punjabi lullaby accounts through a 1957 printed feature, a field visit and shrine performance, retaining the setting and limits of each source.
Punjab; Kuthala near Malerkotla and Sakhi Sarwar-related practices
Punjabi magazines and little journals
Simrat Khurana’s study of Preetlari examines the tension between Swadeshi promotion and opposition to burning clothes, opening a history of editorial choices.
Punjabi publishing accounts
Punjabi mehndi traditions
Named henna artists and household accounts connect Punjabi mehndi gatherings with paid work, advance bookings and designs selected on phones or at home.
Ludhiana; Rawalpindi/Islamabad
Punjabi mourning and remembrance customs
A household case and public funerals in Lahore and Ludhiana show different ways grief is witnessed, participation arranged and a person remembered.
Urban Punjabi kin network; Lahore; Ludhiana
Punjabi Muslim festival foods: Eid tables and Muharram hospitality
Dated Lahore reporting distinguishes sweet Eid breakfasts, sacrificial-meat sharing and drinks offered during Muharram mourning.
Lahore, including Anarkali, Mochi Gate and Bhaati Gate
Punjabi naming ceremonies
Family reports and a village ethnography distinguish choosing a newborn’s name, announcing it to others and arranging a separate welcoming occasion.
Ludhiana; Jhokwala, Lodhran; Melbourne area
Punjabi newspaper history
Gulzar Singh Sandhu’s recollection of the Punjabi Tribune’s launch reveals editorial choices and newsroom negotiation within one account of newspaper history.
Punjab; Lahore
Punjabi pickle making
A remembered Lyallpur kitchen and two named recipes show Punjabi pickle making through ingredients, household work, preparation and contrasting flavours.
Lyallpur; Punjab
Punjabi proverbs in social life
A Chak Zahir study discusses 43 proverbs collected from five women, showing how household criticism and respect for mothers coexist in selected sayings.
Selected Punjabi research settings
Punjabi qawwali: voices, languages and the refrain
Punjabi poetry, multilingual singing and exchanges between lead and chorus meet in a documented qawwali repertoire.
Punjab, including a Kasur recording; wider South Asian and international performance
Punjabi riddles
Sukhdev Madpuri’s riddle collection groups clues around everyday worlds and prints answers below them, showing how a puzzle becomes a readable collection.
Punjab and Alberta
No matching entries on this page. Search the complete section or clear the filter.