Lehran
| Editor | Irfan |
|---|---|
| Former editors | Syed Akhtar Hussain Akhtar |
| Categories | Literary Magazine |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Founded | March 1965 |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Based in | Lahore |
| Language | Punjabi |
The Lehran (Punjabi: لہراں or ਲਿਹਰਾਂ, 'waves') is a Pakistan-based magazine published from Lahore in Shahmukhi Punjabi, with Gurumukhi transliterations. Lehran was published in march 1965 by Dr. Syed Akhtar Hussain as its founding editor and proprietor. Lehran is still publishing by Dr. Syed Akhtar Hussain’s son Irfan and daughter Kulsom Akhtar. Lehran includes contribution by Saleem Pasha, Haroon Adeem, Khalid Armaan, Tariq Gujjar, Babar Javed Dar, Masud Chaudhry, Azhar Muneer, Rana Muhammad Ashraf Aarpan, Shafiq Qureshi, Dr Darshan Singh Aashat, Anwar Feroz, Khawar Majeed Mailsi and Dr Sheikh Muhammad Iqbal.
History
Dr. Syed Akhtar Hussain started publication of montly Lehran under the patronage of Dr. Faqeer Muhammad Faqir, the editor and publisher of first ever Monthly Punjabi magazine after the creation of Pakistan. It was published from Rabbani road, Purani AnarKali from a tuition centre, Punjabi college where the Punjabi classes for private students were conducted, Punjabi munshi, alam and fazil classes were also conducted over there. Dr. Faqeer Muhammad Faqeer was greatest source of inspiration for carrying on the publication of the magazine which now is the most senior Punjabi magazine. [1]
Lehran is the first Pakistan side Punjabi magazine who started publishing content in both scripts of Punjabi gurmukhi and shahmukhi. Lehran also included few pages for understanding basic gurmukhi for their reader. Gurmukhi script was frowned upon in western Punjab but it’s just a writing style and inspired from Lande script,[2] which was used in Punjab before Sikhism and even Islam. [3] Lehran has become a cultural bridge between East and West Punjab. After the initiative taken by the monthly Punjabi magazine to publish literature in ‘Shahmukhi’ and its transcription in ‘Gurmukhi’ script, many Punjabi writers in Pakistan have started following the trend. [4]
References
- ^ Pioneers remembered with love, Pioneers (February 2011). "Pioneers remembered with love". Dawn news. Dawn Newspaper. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
- ^ Pandey, Anshuman. (2010). L2/10-011R A Roadmap for Scripts of the Landa Family
- ^ The Wagah Of Words, Chander Suta Dogra (November 2005). "The Wagah Of Words". Dawn news. OutlookIndia. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
- ^ Varinder Walia, Varinder Walia (April 2005). "Bringing the two Punjabs together". The Tribune India. The Tribune India. Retrieved June 8, 2020.