March 29, 1849
The Morning of a Stolen Dawn
On the morning of March 29, 1849, the Royal Flag of the Sarkar-e-Khalsa was lowered for the last time at the Lahore Fort, replaced by the Union Jack. After the annexation, the colonizers systematically disarmed the people of Punjab. They took the swords, the shields, and the cannons—but then they snatched something they feared even more than steel: the alphabets of the mother language.
They knew that a man without a sword is a prisoner, but a man without his mother language is a ghost.
Plate I: The End of Sovereignty
Plate II: The Great Rupture
1947: The Final Division
Geography of Silence
A century later, the colonial erasure of our mother tongue reached its tragic zenith. As Punjab was torn asunder in 1947, our language was mutilated, and alien linguistic identities were imposed on both sides of the border.
The indigenous **Gurmukhi** script became a stranger to the West. Meanwhile, the Perso-Arabic script—used by Punjabi Muslims long before Partition—was rebranded as **Shahmukhi**, yet it remained a stranger to the East. This created a profound literacy gap between East and West Punjab. For eight decades, this “border of silence” has separated the people from their shared history.
We are restoring the literacy stolen by borders to reconnect the broken lines of Punjab.
Securing the Future
The Three Types of Classes
“Find your bridge to the motherland. Choose the path that leads you home.”
Gurmukhi → Shahmukhi
Providing East Punjab with keys to the West. Access the vast world of Sufi literature, the records of the Lahore Darbar, and the Zafarnamah. This is also your foundational step toward learning Persian.
Shahmukhi → Gurmukhi
Inviting West Punjab to rediscover the indigenous script of the soil. Unlock the verses of the Gurus, treasury of classical literature, and centuries of history preserved within the Gurmukhi script.
English → Gurmukhi
Bridging the gap for the global Diaspora. Designed for those raised abroad, this path uses English to build fluency in Punjabi, allowing the younger generation to reconnect with Gurbani and their roots.
Why Script Matters?
A script is more than an alphabet; it is the pulse of your identity. When a script becomes a stranger, the link to our ancestors is severed. By teaching our native scripts, we are restoring the literacy of Punjab and reclaiming a history that was never meant to be hidden.
Begin Your Journey
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Gurmukhi Classes
For those looking to read the Gurbani, history, and literature of East Punjab.
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For those looking to read Sufi poetry and the historic records of West Punjab.
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