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Punjabi literature became the basis of her theatre work, as it made ideological, political and social statements against established rules during the dictatorship era 1980s when she joined women’s movements. Through her theatre “Sangat”, Safdar has staged Punjabi literature as revolutionary act of awareness raising for common people’s ...
Bhatti was a feminist Punjabi poet and rights activist. [11] [12] [13] She wrote four books, two Punjabi and two in Urdu language, [14] “Neel Karayaan Neelkan” (1979), “Athay Pehr Tarah” (2009), [15] “Bin Bass” and “Tera Lehja Badalney Tak”. [16] [17] Bhatti was considered to be one of the last crusaders of “literature of ...
Punjabi literature had an early claim to the compositions of Baba Farid in the 13th century as an example, predating the development of Hindi literature by several centuries. [2] Lala Lajpat Rai objected to the contemporary Khalsa Party's development of Punjabi literature, claiming it was an objectionable "mixture" ( khichṛī ) that borrowed ...
Gurshaahi is a Punjabi web portal owned by the Gurshaahi Foundation, a nonprofit and non-governmental organization dedicated to the promotion of the Punjabi literature across the world. It has digitalized about 1500 punjabi poetry excerpts of prominent writers from Indian Punjab and Pakistani Punjab.
Shardha Ram Phillauri (September 1837 [2] – 24 June 1881) was an Indian writer, poet and social reformer, known for his contributions to Hindi and Punjabi literature.He is best known for his Hindu religious hymn Om Jai Jagdish Hare and Bhagyawati, one of the first novels in Hindi.
Sant Singh Sekhon (1908–1997) was an Indian playwright and fiction writer associated with Punjabi literature. He is part of the generation of Indian authors who mark the transition of India into an independent nation, scarred by the tragedies of partition .
The second son in the family of Shiv Chand Garg, a head clerk in the Irrigation Department, he would go on create history in the world of Indian and Punjabi literature. Gargi studied at Government College Lahore, and completed his M.A.(English) and M.A.(Political Science) from FC College in Lahore. [2]
Pinjar (Punjabi: ਪਿੰਜਰ; English/Translation: The Skeleton) is a 1950 Punjabi-language novel written by notable Indian poet and novelist Amrita Pritam.In 2009, Pinjar was translated by Khushwant Singh in English. The novel depicts the conditions and nature of the Indian society during the partition of India in 1947.