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Amrita Pritam
370 books469 followersAmrita Pritam (Punjabi: ਅਮ੍ਰਿਤਾ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮ, امرتا پریتم ) was considered the first prominent woman Punjabi poet, novelist, and essayist. She was the leading 20th-century poet of the Punjabi language, who is equally loved on both the sides of the India-Pakistan border. With a career spanning over six decades, she produced over 100 books, of poetry, fiction, biographies, essays, a collection of Punjabi folk songs and an autobiography that were translated into several Indian and foreign languages.
She is most remembered for her poignant poem, Aj Aakhaan Waris Shah Nu (Today I invoke Waris Shah - "Ode to Waris Shah"), an elegy to the 18th-century Punjabi poet in which she expressed her anguish over massacres during the partition of India in 1947. As a novelist, her most noted work was Pinjar (The Skeleton) (1950), in which she created her memorable character, Puro and depicted loss of humanity and ultimate surrender to existential fate. The novel was made into an award-winning eponymous film in 2003.
When British India was partitioned into the independent states of India and Pakistan in 1947, she migrated from Lahore to India, though she remained equally popular in Pakistan throughout her life, as compared to her contemporaries like Mohan Singh and Shiv Kumar Batalvi.
Known as the most important voice for the women in Punjabi literature, in 1956, she became the first woman to win the Sahitya Akademi Award for her magnum opus, a long poem, Sunehe (Messages). She received the Bhartiya Jnanpith, one of India's highest literary awards in 1982 for Kagaz Te Canvas (The Paper and the Canvas). The Padma Shri came her way in 1969 and finally, Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award in 2004, and in the same year she was honoured with India's highest literary award, given by the Sahitya Akademi (India's Academy of Letters), the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship given to the "immortals of literature" for lifetime achievement.
She is most remembered for her poignant poem, Aj Aakhaan Waris Shah Nu (Today I invoke Waris Shah - "Ode to Waris Shah"), an elegy to the 18th-century Punjabi poet in which she expressed her anguish over massacres during the partition of India in 1947. As a novelist, her most noted work was Pinjar (The Skeleton) (1950), in which she created her memorable character, Puro and depicted loss of humanity and ultimate surrender to existential fate. The novel was made into an award-winning eponymous film in 2003.
When British India was partitioned into the independent states of India and Pakistan in 1947, she migrated from Lahore to India, though she remained equally popular in Pakistan throughout her life, as compared to her contemporaries like Mohan Singh and Shiv Kumar Batalvi.
Known as the most important voice for the women in Punjabi literature, in 1956, she became the first woman to win the Sahitya Akademi Award for her magnum opus, a long poem, Sunehe (Messages). She received the Bhartiya Jnanpith, one of India's highest literary awards in 1982 for Kagaz Te Canvas (The Paper and the Canvas). The Padma Shri came her way in 1969 and finally, Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award in 2004, and in the same year she was honoured with India's highest literary award, given by the Sahitya Akademi (India's Academy of Letters), the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship given to the "immortals of literature" for lifetime achievement.
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April 22, 2014The inspiring story of human role of a Doctor in the Chaotic and stormy context of Riots by the Fanatics of Religion...!
January 2, 2022
Story of love and dedication in which Amrita has described how a female has been forced to abandon her love but she do not abort the child in womb and gives him birth. Her parents hand over the kid to a hospital from where her lover takes the kid. The nurtured at the home of the friends of Dr. Dev. In the meantime another lady fell in love with Doctor that ends in no marriage because doctor tells him that he has dedicated himself for another lady about whom he does not have latest information.
The lady after giving to baby girl tells her husband that she is in love with another person so she can't stay here. Her husband allows her to leave but without the kid.
In the middle pages Amrita gives some space to the scenes of partition.
Small but excellent novel.
The lady after giving to baby girl tells her husband that she is in love with another person so she can't stay here. Her husband allows her to leave but without the kid.
In the middle pages Amrita gives some space to the scenes of partition.
Small but excellent novel.
January 14, 2018
Gulzar Sahab hasn’t yet made a movie on this? this story deserves an on screen adaptation.
April 22, 2023
One of the finest representatives of a marital bond, there is an apt comparison of marriage with other forced bonds. Such comparisons are present a lot in Amrita's stories. A heart wrenching tale of dedicated love, the ending of this book brought tears to my eyes.
January 7, 2024
Amrita’s distinct way of portraying godly emotions through mere mortals is always special, Dr. Dev is not far from the ideal partner everyone looks for. The build up, characters and the plot has been woven very neatly. Still figuring out what is platonic love? Read the book ;)
April 12, 2020
Long ago I have read this, want to read again.
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