Punjabi theatre history
Gunjeet Aurora’s study of Fida examines how absence, bodies and material surroundings communicate on stage, extending theatre history beyond written dialogue.
Patiala; Amritsar; selected stages
Culture in everyday life
Culture.
Textiles, performance, food and literature as living, changing traditions.
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Punjabi turban traditions: cloth, form and variation
Explore Punjabi turban traditions through a dated Multan description, a painting and a collector’s account of practical, personal and religious variation.
Punjab
Punjabi vegetarian food histories: means, institutions and changing choices
A historical district account, an Amritsar restaurant, Sikh scholarship and a modern survey show why vegetarian food needs more than one explanation.
Historical Karnal district; Amritsar; Indian Punjab and Sikh contexts
Punjabi wedding ceremonies: diversity and change
A village exchange study, a small family wedding and a particular Namdhari ceremony show varied ways Punjabi weddings organise work, scale and participation.
Faisalabad district; Jagraon/Mansoordeva; Sirsa
Punjabi wedding songs: ceremonies, voices and recordings
Explore Punjabi wedding songs through ceremony settings, a selected Bhakkar field study and a commercial collection, retaining each source’s local scope.
Punjab; Bhakkar
Puran Bhagat
Akshaya Kumar’s reading of Atamjit’s Pooran asks whether a modern setting gives its central character autonomy, offering one view of a changing tradition.
Sialkot and selected literary accounts
Radio and Punjabi music: archives and community collections
Follow Punjabi radio music through an archive initiative, an identified recording catalogue and a community library, with dates and inspection limits clear.
Lahore; a Paris sound archive; Southall
Raja Rasalu traditions
Laila Rahman’s CV links a Rasalu illustration project with exhibitions in Lahore and Islamabad, documenting one modern visual afterlife of the stories.
Selected print and exhibition settings
Rajma in Punjabi households: family recipes and the rice pairing
Family testimony, cream-finished masala and a version without onion or garlic show how kidney beans become different meals under the shared name rajma.
Punjabi households within wider North Indian cooking
Rewari and winter sweets: sesame, small shapes and shared occasions
A jaggery-based recipe, a Chakwal shopfront and documented Lohri gatherings show rewari as both a worked sesame sweet and a food exchanged in public and family settings.
Chakwal, Mohali and the wider Punjabi region
Roadside dhaba culture: Punjabi connections and changing diners
Named owners and managers describe links from Punjab to Murthal, expanded highway menus and urban dhabas in Amritsar.
Punjab; Murthal, Haryana; Dharampur, Himachal Pradesh; Amritsar
Sainchi phulkari: figures and embroidered scenes
Explore Sainchi phulkari through two museum examples, attending to embroidered figures, patterned surfaces and the limits of interpreting unnamed makers.
Punjab
Salwar kameez in Punjab: cut and changing details
Explore salwar kameez in Punjab through garment construction, gathered trousers and changing tunic details, with attention to regional variation and use.
Punjab
Sammi dance: song, gesture and staged revival
Sammi’s circular singing, regional variation and modern teaching projects need to be read in their particular settings.
Sandal Bar and other western Punjabi settings; revival projects in Indian Punjab
Sarangi in Punjab: a maker, a bow and an ensemble
Start with a small sarangi made in Ludhiana district, then explore ensemble playing and the instrument family’s varied shapes.
Boparai Kalan, Ludhiana district; Punjabi dhadi fieldwork
Sarinda in Punjab: open chambers and resonant strings
Compare a museum example described as Punjabi in style with scholarly classification and another late nineteenth-century sarinda.
Punjab-style museum attribution; wider South Asian comparisons
Sarson da saag: mustard greens, winter and changing kitchens
Compare three documented preparations of Punjabi mustard greens, from a chef’s mixed-leaf recipe to adaptations for ingredients available outside Punjab.
Indian Punjab and diaspora kitchens
Sassi Punnun and Punjab reception
Persian, Sindhi and Punjabi tellings and an English publication place Sassi’s reception across literary languages, rather than within a single region.
Punjab and Sindh
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