People
Saints and teachers of every faith, poets and singers, the rulers who came from outside and the Punjab's own chiefs, its rebels and martyrs, and the people of the two Punjabs today.
The Gurus, the bhagats whose verses stand in the Guru Granth Sahib, and the Sufis of Lahore, Pakpattan, Kasur and Jhang.
The men and women around the Gurus, and those who served the poor.
From Damodar's Heer to Amrita Pritam, Faiz, Manto and the novelists of both Punjabs.
Kings who came from outside and the Punjab's own chiefs, ministers and commanders, up to 1849.
Those who gave their lives, from Guru Arjan in 1606 to the Ghadarites, Bhagat Singh and 1984.
Reformers, campaigners and the politicians who have governed the two Punjabs.
Physicists, chemists, plant breeders, engineers, an archaeologist and an astronaut; three Nobel laureates among them.
Wrestlers, sprinters, hockey players, cricketers and Olympic champions of both Punjabs.
Actors from the Punjab who lit up the cinemas of Bombay, Lahore and the world.
Those who made lives far from the five rivers, and the story of how they went.
