'Diljit removed the embarrassment of those who considered it a matter of shame to be a Punjabi' - Blog

When the census was conducted in Pakistan last year, it was found that about 25-30 lakh people in Punjab, who were earlier Punjabi speaking, had registered themselves as Urdu speaking.

Punjabi lovers were upset, they said that these people have thrown their mother tongue out of their homes. Those who were wise said that in the districts of Punjab where education has reached, Urdu has increased.

Earlier people used to speak Urdu to their children and now they have started saying that our mothers also spoke Urdu. Anyway, one of the purposes of sending a child to school in Punjab is to rid him of Punjabi.

Now on one hand Punjabis are earning respect by calling themselves Urdu speaking and on the other hand a boy from Jalandhar, Diljeet Dosanjh is singing Punjabi songs in big concert halls and stadiums of Europe and America and before going on stage, before singing a song, he chants only one slogan, 'O Punjabi has come'.

His tour has been going on for several months in the US, UK, Italy, France and Germany. Wherever he goes, stadiums get packed. Concert tickets get sold out within minutes of opening.

Along with this, he keeps going viral every day by making sweet comments on social media. Most of the people who listen to Diljit Dosanjh are Desi, but obviously not all are Punjabi or are people who were born abroad but have never seen Punjab.

You must have heard a little bit of Punjabi from your parents. They too buy expensive tickets and become Punjabis for three-four hours.

Now, to be a Punjabi, you don't have to be born in Punjab, you don't even have to speak the language. There's just an atmosphere, buy a ticket and join it.

Punjab has produced great singers in the past and still has. They too have fans abroad. But Diljit Dosanjh has such a magic that wherever he goes, Punjabis flock there.

I think it's simple, Diljit Dosanjh has made Punjabi cool. He also repeatedly says, 'I don't know English. I am a villager, I am a Punjabi, I am Dosanjh's son.'

People used to tell me that Punjabis cannot do fashion, I said, 'I will do it.' People used to say that Punjabis cannot fill stadiums, I said, 'I will fill them.'

Those who thought being Punjabi or rural was a matter of shame, Diljit has dispelled their shame. And he hits his chest with his hand and says in Jalandhari accent, 'Come here, you too, if you are a Punjabi, then enjoy being a Punjabi.'

Sometimes you don't even remember what he is singing. Diljit's music sells, but his Punjabi atmosphere sells more.

He was singing to a packed hall in a European city, "Jutti kasuri parei na puri, haaye rabba ve sanu turna piya".

This song is so old that our elders have heard it and we have also heard it and now Diljit is making a new generation dance on this song.

The elders say that Sufis may or may not have any other qualities, but they definitely had one quality, which they called 'Saluuk'.

People became followers of Baba Farid and Guru Nanak after listening to their Kalam, but those who did not understand their Kalam became their followers just by seeing their behaviour.

Diljit Dosanjh also has the same style, his style is like a rockstar and his behavior is like a Punjabi fakir.

Children whose parents are ashamed to be called Punjabi should show their parents 2-4 clips of Diljit Dosanjh and say, "We are hiding our Punjabi, but this man is making Punjabi spread all over the world. And the world is also dancing. Let us also try being a little Punjabi.'