Back to traditional crops...

A labourer shovels wheat grain at a wholesale market in Amritsar. In the rice wheat system, the wheat crop is traditional and not so ecologically unfriendly.

Allen Result- JEE Advanced 2013

The best rank from this college is AIR 27. Total selections from this institute are 990

Heartiest congratulation to all these students and to this inatitute

Preparations for the start of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London

A Topiary in shape of Television Camera operator is seen in a broadcast position 

Special exchange bonus on 8th birthday of Maruti Suzuki Swift and many more

Punjab Technical University Admission Notice 2013

SAY NEVER TO DRUGS

Largest and biggest moon of 2013

Lovely Professional University advertisement in The Tribune

Appeal for the rescue and relief of affected people

Our Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh appeal all citizens to donate generously to the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund for the rescue and relief operations for the affected people due to cloud burst and floods in the State of Uttarkhand.

Patiala water unfit for consumption

Patiala 24% of sample water of patiala fails test. Of the total water sample collected this year between January and may , around 24% have been found to be unfit for consumption. The Health and Family deprtment collected total of 202 samples out of which 48 are unfit and results of around 10 is still awaited

A Dollar touches to just short of 60 mark

An Indian rupee is gradually weakening from the past month. Rupee falls almost 130 paisa in a day against dollar. Now the US Dollar$ touches to a new low of 59.95, just short of the 60 mark.
It weakens set to make crude oil, fertilizers, iron ore, electronic goods etc. making imported components costlier.
Sensex plugins over 526 points, its biggest single day fall in nearly two years.
Things will also become tougher for households as petrol price are going high and electronics prices are gone up due to weakness in the rupee. Its just a shy for us having value of single dollar equals to 60   rupees which are exactly same during the time of independence. i.e.

                                                     In 1947

1 Dollar = 1 Rupee

                                                      Today 

1 Dollar = 59.95 Rupees

Punjabi Women Clothing

 Punjabi Women's Clothing

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The Clothing Style of Punjabi Girl or woman is as normal as possible. Punjabi Woman wear salwar kameez with a colorful duppta wear around their neck. Dupatta in Punjab has its own importance A salwar kameez consists of two pieces of clothes: the kameez or the shirt or the top piece, and the salwar or pants or the bottom piece. Salwar, kameez and duptta comes in variety of colors and designs. Women also wear shawls instead of dupatta in winter seasons. 

                     

   

The main accessories for Punjabi Woman is Ornaments that may be either of Gold or silver or even may be of diamond. the woman adorn themselves with necklaces, ear rings, bangles, rings and many more...

However with modernization women are adopting western trends. Traditional trends of wearing is changing to western trends. Woman wearing a variety of western wears like Jeans, Jackets, Mini Skirts, trousers and other more form of western outfits.

                     

English words translated in Punjabi

WORDS IN ENGLISH TRANSLATED TO PUNJABI

PUNJABI	ENGLISH
Hello	Sat sri akal
Goodbye	Sat sri akal
See you again	Fir milaan ge Alweeda  [informal]
Thanks	Sukriya
Please	Kirpa karke Meherbani karke
Good	Acha
bad	bura
God bless	Rab rakha
See you later	Fer milde aa
What’s up?	Kidda?
What’s new?	Koi navi  taji?
How’s the family?	Sare theek tak ne?
Everything good?	Chardikala?
You make me happy	Tusi mainu kush kar dene aa
I love you	Mainu tuhanu pyaar kardi haa
In English please	English wich gal karo
Stop talking about me	Bas karo, meriyan gallan na karo
Happy birthday	Janam din diyan vadhaiyan

*Punjabi and Hindi language are similar. Except for a couple of words and the style of using them such as Punjabi uses TUSI whereas Hindi uses AAP both of the word has the same meaning which is YOU. Punjabi tend to be more aggressive and upbeat about their language while Hindi tend to speak on a politer note.

Are Punjabi's more culturally similar 2 Pakistani's than South Indians?

It is a completely different culture and Language between Punjabi ‘s and South Indians  whereas my Pakistani people speak Urdu and Punjabi and they have the same looks with the Punjabi's. Punjabi and South Indian's seem completely different in comparison with their culture,  mannerisms and looks.  There really is no such thing as a true Pakistanian. When the country was formed in the 1940's the name is just an acronym for Punjabi, Afghanistan, Kashmir, India. They added stan to it and you get Pakistan. Whereas South Indians r culturally closer to Sri Lankans, as already pointed out geographical reasons.

Punjabi Dance BHANGRA

Bhangra is a special type of dance style performed by Punjabis on any festival, occasion like to celebrate the harvesting or any time when the Punjabi is in happy mood. Though the existence of may precede historical record, it can be traced as far as 500 years, originating in the fertile region of Punjab. A participatory community dance called bhangra is attested since the 1980's in northern areas of Punjab region. Bhangra was a seasonal dance practised ia a month leading to the month of Vaisakhi  

 

Musical Instruments

 

 

Bhangra dance is based on the music from a barrel size drum called DHOL accompanied with single string instrument called the TUMBI , folk singing and Chimta. The accompaning songs are small couplets written in Punjabi language called bolis. Bangra singers employ a high, energetic tone of voice. Singing with great pride, the typically add nonsensical, random noises to their singings.



Dresses
Traditionally men wear chaadra while doing bangra. A chadra is a type of piece of cloth that wrapped around the waist. Men also wear kurta which is a long shirt. In addition men wear pagri (turban) to cover their heads.
In modern times, men also wear turla, fan attached to pagri. Colorful vests are also worn above the kurta. Phummans are also worn on each arm.
Women wear traditional dress called salwar kamiz. Women also wear chunnis colorful pieces of cloth wrapped around the neck.

Besides above, bhangra dress has different parts which are listed below:
Pag
Kurta 
Lumbi
Rumal

Bhangra music is well known in UK as that's where a large population of Punjabi's migrated. Over the last 10 to 15 years, it has gained more recognisation in North America and as up and DJ's and producers have started playing this sound to a wider audience. Now Bhangra has become a synergistic blend of it's traditional origins and contemporary musical styles ranging from Reggae, Hip Hop, to Drum N Bass. Bhangra continues to reach the masses, emerging as a popular global sound