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एक सवाल

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वे दोनों एक-दूसरे को अच्छी तरह से जानते थे लेकिन एक ऐसा सवाल उनके बीच आ खड़ा हुआ, जिसका उत्तर उनमें से किसी के भी पास नहीं था। आकाश को छूने वाले सपनों और मन को दर्द से भिगो जाने वाले आँसुओं का सफल चित्रण...

104 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1969

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Amrita Pritam

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Amrita 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.

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May 5, 2024
अमृता प्रीतम के उपन्यास पढ़ने का पहली बार अवसर मिला, लेखनी ने दिल जीत लिया, थोड़े ही शब्दों में वर्णन, बाद में सोचने को मजबूर कर देते हैं, कथानायक के जीवन के प्रश्नों और उत्तर ना ढूंढ पाने की पीड़ा हमे भी महसूस होती है!!
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January 2, 2026
अगर आदमी का दिल मुहब्बत की दौलत से भरा-पूरा हो, उसके हाथों क्या करामात नहीं हो सकती?'

Book: एक सवाल
Author: अमृता प्रीतम
Pages: 104
Genre: Literary Fiction/Romance
My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐

मेरे लिए ये किताब उस सितारों वाली चुनरी का सफर था। उसका जन्म और मृत्यु पहले ही निश्चित थी। उस चुनरी का मालिक कोई और था, और उसकी मंजिल कोई और।
साथ ही दुनियावी तरीकों पर व्यंग्य कसा गया है, के कैसे प्रसिद्धि अपने साथ गुलामी भी लेकर आती है। सही समय पर कही बात कभी कभी वो तसल्ली दे जाती है जो सदियों जीने के बाद भी नहीं मिलती।
इस किताब में कला और उसके ठेकेदारों के बारे में भी बात कही गई है। कला कब शौक से बंधन बन जाती है, और उसमें दुनिया के ठेकेदारों की भूमिका पर भी बात करी गई है, जो मुझे सोचने पर मजबूर करती है कि कला सबकी सांझी होती है, पर एक कलाकार पहले एक इंसान है, फिर एक कलाकार। कला सांझी हो सकती है, लेकिन उस इंसान को भी सांझा कर लेना, और उसकी जिंदगी पर उससे पहले औरों का हक होना, क्या सही है?
इस किताब ने मुझे यह सोचने पर भी मजबूर किया के कैसे कुछ सवाल ऐसे भी है जिनका जवाब ना तो हमारे पास है, ना प्रकृति के पास, और ना ही खुद भगवान के पास। कैसे एक सवाल एक सवाल होने के साथ खुद में एक जवाब भी है, वो जवाब जो शायद हमने कभी मांगा भी नहीं होता लेकिन जिंदगी खुद दे जाती है, जबकि कुछ जवाब इंसान मांगता रह जाता है, पर उसके हिस्से में नहीं आते।

अमृता प्रीतम जी किस खूबसूरती से मुहब्बत और दर्द एक साथ बयान करतीं है, ये हैरत की बात है। वैसे भी मुहब्बत और दर्द दो अलग चीजें कहां?

This book has touched the 1947 partition and its aftermaths as well, along with the religious differences that unknowingly or knowingly become the ground rules of discrimination. It talks about love, marriage, loss, and the overall impact of society on a person's life. It makes me question towards the end - if even asking any questions matter at all, and to whom can we even ask?

पूर्णता देखा जाए तो सितारों वाली चुनरी के हिस्से दो सिर ज़रूर आए, पर वो दो अलग सिर नहीं थे, शायद एक ही थे।
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September 16, 2025
‘Ek Sawal’ is a story of two people who are deeply attached to each other but the social obstacles are not letting them come together. Story excellently potrays their dreams, sorrow and their dilemma will keep them apart which is heart throbbing study of human emotions!

The plot examines how social expectations and conventions can lock you in place, prevent you from following your dreams or desires. It reflects the clash between wanting what you want and conforming to societal norms!


I fell in love with Jagdeep and Nuro!!! both were so real and beautiful soul. It was a real, emotional story on every single page. There is, and there will always be that extra charm to Amrita Pritam's writing, her simplicity moves your heart and settles somewhere deep!

This book is perfect for those who love sentimental stories with both love and angst. I read it in one sitting and I’ll never forget its feeling. I recommend this book very strongly, you have to read it!
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September 27, 2025
4.5 🌟
loved this book.
what one should do when one’s heart and one’s world are at odds?
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