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...violence was not restricted to supporters of the rival political groups, however. Eyewitness reports from the Malir district of Karachi suggested that MQM militants had rounded up people simply on the grounds that they looked by Pathan or Punjabi, and tried to execute them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ethnic Tensions Fuel Pakistan Violence | 5/14/2007 | See Source »

...generation’s experience. The second layer builds on the first layer.” But Reddi reminded the audience that the wave of immigration in the 1970s was not the first to hit America. According to Reddi, in the 1910s and 1920s a smaller number of mostly Punjabi immigrants moved to California to become farmers. “That generation is virtually ignored,” Reddi said. “And what they did for the country in terms of the desert land they made fertile is tremendous.” Neither Reddi nor Anand...

Author: By Anjali Motgi, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Authors Share Immigrant Tales | 4/25/2007 | See Source »

...appreciable volume and “rock out.” No, the problem is not the idea of music, but the fact that the songs chosen are, inevitably, the flat-out worst songs possible. Walking to CGIS from the yard and being forced to listen to Punjabi MCs for five straight minutes? What about being forced to listen to “Don’t Break My Heart” while calmly strolling over to Fly-By? Arguments in favor of waterboarding appear far more logical after such treatment...

Author: By Mark A. Adomanis | Title: Please, Just Stop | 11/2/2006 | See Source »

...style on the music playlist was Raas, in which dancers hold striped sticks, clacking them together while moving in parallel lines or circles. The night ended with a bang, as a cheer rose from the crowd when a strobe light shut on and Bhangra music, a fusion of traditional Punjabi music with a pop background beat, pulsated through the dance floor. “When everyone is so tired, they all just go crazy,” said Abby Swenson, an MIT junior...

Author: By Alexander B. Cohn, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Hungama Deemed a Roaring Success | 10/30/2006 | See Source »

...Punjabi Dhaba 225 Hampshire Street Inman Square 617-547-8272 Open 7 days a week, 11 am to Midnight...

Author: By Carolyn A. Sheehan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: THE GASTRONOMER | 10/6/2006 | See Source »

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