Punjabiyat Explained

Punjabiyat means "Punjabiness"[1] and is the language revitalization movement of Punjabi.[2] [3] [4]

Aims and goals

In Pakistan, its goal is a better status of Punjabi language along with Urdu at state level.[5] [6] [7] In India, its goal is to bring together the Sikh, Hindu and Muslim communities.[8] [9]

The movement's supporters in the Punjabi diaspora focus on the promotion of a shared cultural heritage.[10] [11] [12]

Link to Sikh nationalism

Panjabiyat also has close links to Sikh nationalism due to the religious significance of Punjabi and Gurmukhi script in Sikhism.[13] With the advent of the notion of Devanagari script and Hindi or Sanskrit as a language associated with Hindu nationalism and Arya Samaj advancing the cause of Devanagari in the late 19th century, the cause of Gurmukhi was advanced by Singh Sabha Movement.[14] [15] [16] This later culminated in Punjabi Suba movement where Sikhs who mostly identified Punjabi as their mother tongue, while Hindus identifying with Hindi in the census, leading to trifurcation of state on a linguistic basis in 1966 and the formation of a Sikh majority, Punjabi speaking state in India.[17] During the Khalistan movement, Kharkus were known to enforce Punjabi language, Gurmukhi script and traditional Punjabi cultural dress in Punjab.[18] SGPC in its 1946 Sikh State resolution declared the Punjab region as the natural homeland of the Sikhs.[19] [20] Anandpur Sahib Resolution also links Sikhism to Punjab as a Sikh homeland.[21]

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Notes and References

  1. Ayres. Alyssa. August 2008. Language, the Nation, and Symbolic Capital: The Case of Punjab. The Journal of Asian Studies. The Association for Asian Studies, Inc.. 67. 3. 917–946. 10.1017/s0021911808001204. 56127067 .
  2. Book: Khurana, Jasbir Singh . Punjabiyat: the cultural heritage and ethos of the people of Punjab . Hemkunt Publishers . 2013 . 9788170103950 . New Delhi, India . 847493566.
  3. Book: Kalra . Virinder S . Beyond religion in India and Pakistan: gender and caste, borders and boundaries . Purewal . Navtej Kaur . Bloomsbury Academic . 2021 . 978-1-350-26630-8 . London . 32 . en . 1240306094.
  4. Book: Mir, Farina . The social space of language: vernacular culture in British colonial Punjabi . . 2010 . 978-0-520-26269-0 . Berkeley; Los Angeles; London . 193 . en . 1005177574.
  5. Book: Ayres, Alyssa . Speaking like a state: language and nationalism in Pakistan . . 2009 . 978-0-521-51931-1 . Cambridge . 102 . en . 1025774985.
  6. Book: Jayal . Niraja Gopal . The Oxford companion to politics in India . Mehta . Pratap Bhanu . . 2010 . 978-0-19-566976-3 . Oxford . 183 . en . 548626393.
  7. 1967 . Indian journal of politics. . Indian Journal of Politics . en . 39-40 . 163 . 0303-9951 . 1680822.
  8. Book: Silverman . Helaine . Intangible Heritage Embodied . Ruggles . D. Fairchild . Springer New York . 2009 . 978-1-4419-0071-5 . New York, NY . 51 . 10.1007/978-1-4419-0072-2 . en . 1012557811.
  9. Book: Tellis . Ashley J . Strategic Asia 2007-08: domestic political change and grand strategy . Wills . Michael . Bisley . Nick . National Bureau of Asian Research . 2007 . 978-0-9713938-8-2 . Seattle, WA; Washington D.C. . 188 . en . 1131478348.
  10. Web site: The idea of Punjabiyat. Singh. Pritam. Academy of the Punjab in North America. 16 December 2011. 11 October 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111011113208/http://apnaorg.com/articles/preetam-singh/. dead.
  11. Book: Lawrence, Michael R . Indian film stars: new critical perspectives . London BFI 2020 . 2020 . 978-1-84457-855-9 . 140 . en . 1165396323.
  12. Book: Goh, Robbie B. H . Protestant Christianity in the Indian diaspora: abjected identities, Evangelical relations, and Pentecostal visions . . 2018 . 978-1-4384-6943-0 . Albany, NY . 180 . en . 1009182992.
  13. Web site: 2023-04-28 . Gurmukhi Script: An artistic tradition that captures Punjab's soul and spirit . 2023-05-14 . Hindustan Times . en.
  14. Web site: 2019-10-18 . RSS and Sikhs: defining a religion, and how their relationship has evolved . 2023-05-14 . The Indian Express . en.
  15. Jones . Kenneth W. . 1973 . Ham Hindu Nahin: Arya-Sikh Relations, 1877–1905 . The Journal of Asian Studies . 32 . 3 . 457–475 . 10.2307/2052684 . 2052684 . 163885354 . 0021-9118.
  16. News: Gupte . Pranay . 1985-09-08 . THE PUNJAB: TORN BY TERROR . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-05-14 . 0362-4331.
  17. Web site: 2010-05-17 . How Punjab was won . 2023-05-14 . The Indian Express . en.
  18. Web site: Militants tell villagers in Punjab to mention Punjabi as their mother tongue . 2023-05-14 . India Today . en.
  19. Web site: 2022-05-15 . SGPC's 1946 resolution on 'Sikh state': What Simranjit Singh Mann missed . 2023-05-14 . The Indian Express . en.
  20. News: Vasudeva . Vikas . 2022-05-12 . SGPC urged to support pro-Khalistan resolution . en-IN . The Hindu . 2023-05-14 . 0971-751X.
  21. Web site: 2021-02-16 . Anandpur Sahib Resolution 1973 – JournalsOfIndia . 2023-05-14 . en-US.

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