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Reimagining Punjabi identity in 21st century

Punjabi culture and language have survived without state patronage for over a thousand years.

Dr Arvind

Updated At : 02:58 AM Dec 15, 2025 IST

At odds: For 80% of native Punjabi speakers, education in Punjabi is unavailable. File photo

PUNJABI is an ancient language, spoken across a large region, from Multan to Delhi, including regions of Jammu and parts of Himachal Pradesh. Punjabi has over a dozen dialects, the major ones being Multani, Lahindi, Pothohari, Majhi, Doabi, Malvai and Puadhi. The Punjabi diaspora also includes Punjabi-speaking communities scattered across the world. About 75 per cent of native Punjabi speakers are situated geographically in what is now Pakistan, while the remaining are in India, where they are predominantly divided into Sikh and Hindu communities.

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is run by a trust comprising five eminent persons as trustees.

The Tribune, the largest selling English daily in North India, publishes news and views without any bias or prejudice of any kind. Restraint and moderation, rather than agitational language and partisanship, are the hallmarks of the newspaper. It is an independent newspaper in the real sense of the term.

The Tribune has two sister publications, Punjabi Tribune (in Punjabi) and Dainik Tribune (in Hindi).

Remembering Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia

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Reimagining Punjabi identity in 21st century

Punjabi culture and language have survived without state patronage for over a thousand years.

Dr Arvind

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