To mark the 100th birthday of the most celebrated Punjabi poetess Amrita Pritam, Google posted a special doodle on Saturday, August 31. Amrita Pritam is the doyenne of Punjabi literature, who was ...

I have spent the better part of a decade reading and rereading Amrita Pritam in Punjabi, Hindi, and Urdu. Every once in a while, I translate her into English, as a way of staying close to her. Beyond ...

Celebrated poet and novelist Amrita Pritam is one of the most recognized Punjabi authors of the 20th century. Although she has more than 100 books to her credit, she is best known for her novel Pinjar ...

At first reading, Amrita Pritam’s autobiography The Revenue Stamp (Raseedi Tikat, 1976) seems like a manuscript that was rushed to the press before the author had a chance to revise and edit. The ...

The death anniversary of the high priestess of love, Amrita Pritam (1919-2005), falls on October 31. My deliberations draw on her dream sequences which, neatly poised to launch ‘the soul’s worship’, ...

Amrita Pritam was not just an essayist, novelist and poet but a woman who defied all norms of her times and formed an identity of her own, as if she was the revolution personified. I will meet you yet ...

The world of art and literature mourns the loss of renowned artist Imroz, who passed away at the age of 97 on December 22, 2023, i.e., Friday at his residence in Mumbai’s Kandivali. Known as the ...

Today marks the 101st birth anniversary of renowned Punjabi poet, essayist, and novelist Amrita Pritam. The weight of her words still sits heavy on those who look to find meaning in unrequited love ...

NEW DELHI, Oct 31: Punjabi writer Amrita Pritam, revered as a rebel and radical humanist on both sides of her divided homeland, died here on Monday after a long bout of illness that followed a fall.

"When a man denies the power of women, he is denying his own subconscious." This quote is attributed to Amrita Pritam. It means that ignoring women's strength is also a way of ignoring one's own inner ...

Amrita Pritam: Denying women's power shows insecurity, not weakness. Women's strength is real; denial hinders societal progress. Equality needs inclusion and respect for women's abilities. In the ...