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Sunday,
January 7, 2001
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QUAINT humour in Punjab had to face two onslaughts over a period of time. One was from city slickers who propagated ribaldry by painting the ruralite as an uncouth simpleton. This did an enormous damage to the image of Punjab and its culture. |
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It
is heaven on earth! Bed-cum-bath Talking
about trivia Wheat
grass juice: A miracle on earth Marriages
can be saved by beauty parlours DREAM
THEME: Tales
that shades tell
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Punjabis are known the
world over for their exquisite sense of humour, and they take pride in the fact. Suddenly, the
Punjabis have stopped laughing at themselves and at others. This has
introduced the hitherto unknown element in the Punjabi psyche, viz, intolerance, spelling death for
genuine and innocent laughter that came so
naturally to them once upon a time. Amar
Nath Wadehra and Randeep Wadehra recount a few
episodes from those merry times.
