Come back every Wednesday for a new set of five! This week we have Aaj Billa Phir Aaeya by Lal Singh Dil and Khanabadosh by Ajeet Cour among others.
Aaj Billa Phir Aaeya by Lal Singh Dil
A revolutionary poet associated with the Naxalite movement in 1960s Punjab, Dil's writing is known to have a raw quality as it voices the suffering of socio-economic outcastes.
Shanti Parav by Des Raj Kali
Translated as Shanti Parav: Treatise on Peace by Neeti Singh
Set in post-Independence Punjab, the novel parodies the twelfth book of the Mahabharata to present an alternative resistance from the perspective of a Punjabi Dalit.
Uninda Vartman by Manjit Kaur Tiwana
Translated as Our Sleepless Times by B. M. Razdan
Tiwana's most recent Sahitya Akademi Award-winning collection of poems retains her intensity of language and imagery.
Hazaar Rangan Di Laat by Sukhwinder Amrit
Known to play a significant role in perfecting the form of the ghazal in Punjabi, this is one of Amrit's ghazal collections.
Ik Nadi Sanwali Jahi by Nirupama Dutt
Translatable as a stream somewhat dark, this is Dutt's only poetry collection. It is powerful in the depiction of loss within the ambit of agency.
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