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Pritam is best remembered for her poignant poem, Ajj aakhaan Waris Shah nu (Today I invoke Waris Shah – "Ode to Waris Shah"), an elegy to the 18th-century Punjabi poet, and an expression of her anguish over massacres during the partition of British India.
Amrita Pritam. 1919—2005. Amrita Pritam was a Punjabi poet and novelist who recorded the trauma of Partition in her best-know poem, “I Call upon Varis Shah Today.”. Denis Matringe’s French translation of her novel, The Skeleton, was awarded the La Route des Indes Literary Prize (2005).
Aug 31, 2023 · Themes And Inspirations. Amrita Pritam’s career took a turn during Partition. The violence and suffering she has seen at that time had a lasting impact on her, leading her to compose the iconic Punjabi poem, “Ajj Aakhaan Waris Shah Nu.”
Nov 19, 2019 · Punjabi poetess Amrita Pritam is regarded as the high priestess of love, a crusader for parity and a rare romantic-feminist. Sahapedia pays a tribute to the woman who became the first modern poet of Punjab at the age of 16.
Amrita Pritam is best remembered for her Punjabi poem Ajj aakhaan Waris Shah nu (Ode to Waris Shah), which poignantly captures her anguish over the massacres during the Partition in...
Jan 9, 2023 · One of the most famous poems capturing the loss of Partition is Amrita Pritam’s lament “Ajj Akhan Waris Shah Nu” (“Today I Ask Waris Shah”). In it, she implores the Punjabi poet Waris Shah , who wrote the romantic tragedy of Heer Ranjha , to rise from the dead and put into words the bloodshed of the Partition.
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Aug 4, 2018 · Amrita Pritam was an Indian maverick writer and poet. She is considered the first eminent female Punjabi writer, novelist and poet of the 20th century. Her writing is equally loved by the people of India and Pakistan.
