Sponsored publication
Foundation Voices Anthology
Various authors · 2025
Sponsored publication space for emerging writers, students and community voices supported by the foundation.
Structured archive for scholarships, fee support, sponsored publishing, relaunched titles, and Punjabi mushaira documentation.
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Scholarships
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Sponsored books
10+
Saleem Khan Gimmi relaunches
10
Shagufta Gimmi book launches
2
Punjabi Mushairas
Transparent records of fee relief and merit support for students connected to the foundation community.












Structured fee assistance that sits alongside scholarships in the public impact archive.
Titles brought forward with foundation patronage; each record links to its book page when available.
Saleem Khan Gimmi legacy volumes and relaunched poetry preserved for new readers.

Relaunched work
Saleem Khan Gimmi · 1961
A survey of Balochi literature.

Relaunched work
Saleem Khan Gimmi · 1969
Sanjh is Saleem Khan Gimmi’s award-winning Punjabi novel, first published in 1969 by Idara Punjab Rang, Lahore. The work is recognised with the Pakistan Writers Guild Award and has also appeared in Gurmukhi script. Read a short preview below, then open the full PDF from the foundation archive.

Relaunched work
Saleem Khan Gimmi · 1972
Lahu di Khushbu brings together Punjabi short fiction from Saleem Khan Gimmi’s mature prose period. The collection is preserved here as a readable PDF with a short on-page preview before the full text.

Relaunched work
Saleem Khan Gimmi · 1977
On Iqbal and Kashmir.

Relaunched work
Saleem Khan Gimmi · 1978
Travel writing.

Relaunched work
Saleem Khan Gimmi · 1982
Chin Arbon Bharia is a biographical (sīrat) work in Punjabi by Saleem Khan Gimmi. A few opening pages are shown below; the complete digitised edition is available as a PDF.

Relaunched work
Saleem Khan Gimmi · 1990
Rat te Retta is a Punjabi novel in Saleem Khan Gimmi’s literary archive. Preview the opening pages on this site, then continue reading the full book in PDF.

Relaunched work
Saleem Khan Gimmi · 1992
Zaban da Irtiqa explores the evolution of language in Saleem Khan Gimmi’s scholarly Punjabi prose. Sample the first pages below and open the complete PDF for the full study.

Relaunched work
Saleem Khan Gimmi · 1994
A collection of short stories.

Relaunched work
Saleem Khan Gimmi · 2024
A large digitised compilation from the foundation archive, bringing together multiple Saleem Khan Gimmi texts. Because of the file size, this edition opens directly as a full PDF rather than an on-page preview.

Relaunched work
Saleem Khan Gimmi · 2024
A relaunched collection preserving Punjabi literary heritage for younger readers and diaspora audiences.
Shagufta Gimmi Lodhi launches and foundation reader titles documented with covers and summaries.

Foundation work
Shagufta Gimmi Lodhi (translator) · 2022
Urdu translation of G.S. Sidhu’s study — from English to Urdu by Shagufta Gimmi Lodhi.

Foundation work
Shagufta Gimmi Lodhi · 2023
English study of Punjabi life-cycle rituals, folk songs and cultural traditions from birth to burial.

Foundation work
Shagufta Gimmi Lodhi · 2024
Published collection of English poetry.

Foundation work
Shagufta Gimmi Lodhi · 2023
English research on women’s empowerment in Pakistan.

Foundation work
Shagufta Gimmi Lodhi · 2022
Medical research in Punjabi (Shahmukhi) on cancer and its types.

Foundation work
Shagufta Gimmi Lodhi (editor/publisher) · 2024
English volume on the literary life and legacy of Saleem Khan Gimmi.

Foundation work
Shagufta Gimmi Lodhi · 2024
Punjabi novelette — a defining work of progressive fiction discussed across Lahore, Southall and diaspora press.

Foundation work
Shagufta Gimmi Lodhi · 2022
Volume I: descriptive review of M.Phil and Ph.D. Urdu research theses at universities.

Foundation work
Shagufta Gimmi Lodhi · 2024
Volume II: continued survey of university Urdu research theses.

Foundation work
Shagufta Gimmi Lodhi · 2025
A foundation title connecting unity consciousness, cultural memory, poetry, media and public service.
Public mushaira evenings treated as living cultural documentation with galleries and recaps.
View events archiveTestimonials
Zahid Hassan
Shagufta Gimmi has lived abroad for a long time, yet reading her Punjabi writings one feels as though she still lives in Punjab — or that Punjab lives within her. Her works are woven and vibrant in that way — and why should they not be? She is the gifted and renowned daughter of the committed Punjabi writer, linguist, thinker and storyteller Saleem Khan Gimmi, who devoted his entire life to the advancement of Punjab, Punjabi and Punjabi identity.
Shagufta Gimmi is herself a research scholar, translator and novelist; besides this, a book of hers entitled Cancer and Its Types has also been published. My own view is that for the enrichment of the Punjabi language there is great need to write on such diverse, excellent and new subjects so that good books in Punjabi may increase — and in this spirit she has also written another fine book on Punjabi folk songs and customs, which would be beautiful and valuable work to acquaint people across the world with the songs, customs and rites from birth to death in Punjab and with Punjabi culture and civilization. She has also translated into Urdu her father’s important book Punjab and Punjabi, and has written on research in universities.
Nowadays she is working on two other important fronts: one is a research-filled book on Guru Nanak’s Muslim companion and rabab-player Bhai Mardana, and alongside this she is doing excellent work entitled The Evolution of Punjabi Cinema.
Hafeez Tahir
Jhalli is the story of an entire era that our generation has lived through. All its characters are alive and still relevant.
The girl, her parents, progressives and non-progressives, the honest and the hypocritical, lovers and deceivers — all these people are still around us. But that tree is no longer there before which Jhalli used to pour out her grief.
Shagufta Gimmi has written this novel from the heart, and it feels as though Jhalli is herself telling us her story. This novel will remain relevant for many generations to come.
Amritjit Chandan
At literary gatherings here in the UK I continue to meet Shagufta Gimmi Lodhi. I have had the opportunity to know her views on literature and other subjects. She is a true servant of her mother tongue Punjabi.
Shagufta respects elders greatly. I have read her writings, poetry as well as the novel. Her novel Jhalli is among the finest examples of progressive literature.
The part of this novel that shows the socialist current in West Punjab pleased me greatly. The character Aslam in the novel presents a true picture of the comrades of that time.
Khalid Farhad Dhariwal
Shagufta Gimmi Lodhi is an important writer of our times. In a very short span she has made a strong mark in the field of literature.
I have read her novel Jhalli. This novel presents a true and painful portrait of a woman’s real life in Punjabi society.
The main character of the novel, Firdous, is a woman who, despite being educated and capable, faces disrespect.
























Daily Bhulekha and BDC Panjabi features on Jhalli, Shagufta Gimmi Lodhi and the Gimmi Foundation.





Photographs from mushairas, launches, scholarships and foundation gatherings.












PDF profiles and publications from the foundation print archive.
Education
15+ scholarships and student fee support initiatives are presented as a transparent impact archive.
Publishing
Sponsored publishing, Saleem Khan Gimmi relaunches and Shagufta Gimmi book launches sit in one structured archive.
Gatherings
Poetry gatherings are treated as living cultural documentation with galleries, recaps and related media.
The print archive grows into individual scholarship stories, gallery recaps, and event-linked documentation as assets are supplied.