Photographs · 2016 – 2026

The movement, in pictures

Rallies for the language, peace sit-ins, the Punjabi Fair, folk artists on stage, and the International Punjabi Conference at PILAC — a decade of standing up for Punjabi, frame by frame. Select any photograph to view it full-size.

19Photographs

10 yrsOf fieldwork

LahoreAnd beyond

Ahmad Raza Punjabi speaking on the stage of the 3rd International Punjabi Conference, 2025

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On the streets, on the stage

Every photograph here is from a real event of the movement — no stock, no posed studio work.

Ahmad Raza Punjabi speaking at a rally for Punjabi language rights in Lahore — Rally for Punjabi language rights, Lahore

Participants at a peace sit-in holding banners, Lahore — Peace sit-in for harmony and the mother tongue

Felicitations on stage at the Punjabi Fair 2018 — Felicitations at the Punjabi Fair, 2018

Ahmad Raza Punjabi with guests at a Punjabi cultural evening — With guests at a cultural evening

Folk dancers performing at the Punjabi Fair — Folk dance at the Punjabi Fair

Ahmad Raza Punjabi with a senior friend of the Punjabi language movement — With a senior friend of the movement

Activists of the Punjabi pahrawo awakening campaign on stage — «Punjabi pahrawo» — the awakening campaign

A full audience at the conference hall of the Punjab Institute of Language, Art and Culture — A full house at the conference hall, PILAC

Welcoming a guest artist with flowers on arrival at a Punjabi Parchar event — Welcoming a guest artist on arrival

Folk artists being honoured on stage at a Punjabi cultural event — Honouring folk artists on stage

Marchers carrying placards with Sufi poetry verses at a Punjabi language demonstration — March with placards of Sufi verse

Street rally for the Punjabi language, Lahore — Street rally for the language

A Punjabi Parchar commemorative plaque being presented to a senior artist — Punjabi Parchar plaque for a senior artist

Guests from the Sikh diaspora welcomed at a Punjabi cultural gathering in Lahore — Friends across the border — guests from the Sikh diaspora

Red-carpet welcome for guests in the old city of Lahore — Red-carpet welcome in the old city

Ribbon-cutting at the opening ceremony of a Punjabi cultural event — Ribbon-cutting at the opening ceremony

Honours being presented on the PILAC stage at the 1st International Punjabi Conference, 2023 — 1st International Punjabi Conference, 2023 — honours on the PILAC stage

A commemorative shield being presented at the 1st International Punjabi Conference, 2023 — 1st International Punjabi Conference, 2023 — presenting a shield

ساڈی مٹی دی خوشبو

ਸਾਡੀ ਮਿੱਟੀ ਦੀ ਖ਼ੁਸ਼ਬੋ

The fragrance of our soil.

Every photo is a promise kept.

Ten years of rallies, fairs and conferences — and the work continues. Join the next gathering in Lahore.

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